2. Liturgy - zlitur490.htm - Blessed Instead of Saint Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Missal often distinquishes Blesseds from Saints, but sometimes, as in common Masses, uses "blessed" for either a Blessed or a Saint. CANONIZATION UNIVERSAL CALENDAR

3. Liturgy - zlitur390.htm - Brothers or Sisters Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In the Confiteor, "brothers" alone may be used in a male community, but "sisters" alone in a female community would be out of place, since at least one brother is present, the celebrating priest. MASS GENERAL CONFESSION ABSOLUTION

4. Liturgy - zlitur391.htm - Cup Instead of Chalice Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The word "cup" was retained in the memorial acclamation, rather than "chalice," probably to conform to the common translation of 1 Corinthians 11:23-28, echoed in the acclamation. EUCHARIST POTERION MYSTERY OF FAITH

5. Liturgy - zlitur460.htm - Mystery of Faith Responses Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no official preference, seasonal or otherwise, between responses to the "Mystery of Faith" acclamation after the consecration at Mass. EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

6. Liturgy - ZREDSAC.HTM - Redemptionis Sacramentum's Attempt to Clear the Air on Liturgy Father Edward McNamara
In an interview with ZENIT, Father Edward McNamara, a professor at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University, gives an overview of the recent liturgical instruction from the Congregation for Divine Worship. BISHOPS EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES ECUMENISM ECUMENICAL DIALOGUE CLERICALIZATION LAITY ALTAR BOYS SERVERS LATIN

7. Liturgy - zsaccaritbeauty.htm - Sacramentum Caritatis and Liturgical Beauty Father Edward McNamara
The true beauty of the liturgy comes about when the priest and the congregation participate in it actively and piously, says Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum university in Rome. ZENIT interviewed him about Benedict XVI's postsynodal apostolic exhortation, which gathers the conclusions of the October 2005 Synod of Bishops. Here, he expounds on some of the specific observations and invitations that the Pope made in "Sacramentum Caritatis." EUCARIST MASS MUSIC HOMILIES CHURCHES LATIN

8. Liturgy - zlitur268.htm - So Very Dry Liturgy Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Liturgy, celebrated according to rubrics, can seem dry only to those who haven't been instructed in the meaning of the Mass and what actually occurs there. EUCHARIST PROTESTANT SACRIFICE

9. Liturgy - zsumpontsem.htm - Summorum Pontificum in the Seminary ZENIT
Since Benedict XVI has said that the Mass celebrated according to the 1962 Roman Missal promulgated by Blessed John XXIII should be available to those who prefer it, seminarians should be taught to say it, says Cardinal Justin Rigali. To learn what some bishops are doing to implement the document in seminaries, ZENIT spoke with Cardinal Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia, about his plans to introduce seminarians at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary to the extraordinary form of the Mass. TRIDENTINE NOVUS ORDO MASS

10. Liturgy - sumpont1yr.htm - Summorum Pontificum One Year Later ZENIT
Although Benedict XVI’s letter “Summorum Pontificum” on the traditional form of the Mass has been in effect less than a year, it has already made an impact, says an expert on liturgical translations. Father John Zuhlsdorf, a former employee of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, is a noted authority on both liturgical translations and the 1962 missal. In this ZENIT interview, conducted by Annamarie Adkins, Fr Zuhlsdorf describes the impact the Motu Proprio has had on the life of the Church. EXTRAORDINARY FORM TRIDENTINE TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS IDONEUS COETUS MISSALE ROMANUM TRADITIONALISTS NOVUS ORDO ADORIENTEM

11. Liturgy - zlitur125.htm - 2 Paschal Candles; Lights On at Vigil Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Only one paschal candle may be blessed at the Easter Vigil. Lights are turned on at the Vigil after the third Lumen Christi. EXSULTET HOLY SATURDAY

12. Liturgy - zlitur156.htm - 3 Masses on Christmas Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The first evidence of priests being privileged to celebrate three Masses on Christmas is found in the 12th century. Before that the privilege was reserved to the Pope. EGERIA JERUSALEM MIDNIGHT MASS

13. Liturgy - liturgparis40.htm - 40th Anniversary: Institut Superieur de Liturgie, Paris Cardinal Francis Arinze
Here is the Opening Address on 26 October 2006 by Cardinal Francis Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, at the Colloquium to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the "Institut Supérieur de Liturgie" of the "Institut Catholique de Paris". The Cardinal applauds the work of higher liturgical institutes in promoting the ars celebrandi the Mass. Liturgical abuses are generally the result of ignorance rather than bad will. HOMILY HORIZONTALISM PRIEST BISHOP LAITY

14. Liturgy - zlitur483.htm - 7 Candles at a Bishop's Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no relationship between the seven candles lit when a bishop celebrates Mass and the menorah of the Temple of Jerusalem. ACOLYTES TORCHES REVELATION

15. LITURGY - COMUNION.TXT - A Case for Communion on the Tongue David L. Vise
This is an excellent defense of the traditional way of reaching Holy Communion. David Vise gives us the history of how the practice of Communion in the hand became the normative way of receiving Communion despite the fact that the 'Supreme Pontiff judged that the long received manner of ministering Holy Communion to the faithful should not be changed.'

16. LITURGY - COMUNION.ZIP - A Case for Communion on the Tongue David L. Vise
This is an excellent defense of the traditional way of reaching Holy Communion. David Vise gives us the history of how the practice of Communion in the hand became the normative way of receiving Communion despite the fact that the 'Supreme Pontiff judged that the long received manner of ministering Holy Communion to the faithful should not be changed.'

17. Liturgy - zlitur340.htm - A Christmas Play After the Homily Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although there is some flexibility allowed for children's Masses, it does not extend to allowing extra-liturgical dramatizations during Mass. PARTICIPATION GESTURES MINISTRIES

18. Liturgy - zlitur227.htm - A Commentator's Role Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The role of the commentator at Mass is primarily to help the people understand unfamiliar rites. COMMENTARY GIRM POSTURES GESTURES

19. LITURGY - CREDO.TXT - A Comparison of Texts of the 'Ordo Missae Cum Populo' CREDO CREDO
This document is a side-by-side presentation of three versions of the Order of the Mass, the Novos Ordo in Latin, the ICEL translation and the CREDO translation. This file required special processing , please read the note at the top of the document for an explanation of how to view the file in a word processor. MASS CREDO ICEL NOVOS ORDO TRANSLATION

20. LITURGY - CREDO.ZIP - A Comparison of Texts of the 'Ordo Missae Cum Populo' CREDO CREDO
This document is a side-by-side presentation of three versions of the Order of the Mass, the Novos Ordo in Latin, the ICEL translation and the CREDO translation. This file required special processing , please read the note at the top of the document for an explanation of how to view the file in a word processor. MASS CREDO ICEL NOVOS ORDO TRANSLATION

21. Liturgy - zlitur501.htm - A Place for the Book of the Gospels Father Edward McNamara LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is required that the Book of the Gospels be carried in procession and laid on the altar, from which it is transferred to the ambo for the Gospel reading. GIRM EVANGELIARY

22. Liturgy - zlitur572.htm - A Risen Christ on the Cross Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The documents cited preclude the substitution of a representation of the risen Christ for the crucifix "as they clearly call for the presence of an image of Christ crucified in every Mass." GIRM ALTAR TRIMELONI

23. LITURGY - AROSEBY.TXT - A Rose By Any Other Name David L. Alexander
This article taken from the Arlington Catholic Herald, February 1, 1996, concerns the ordination of women to the diaconate.

24. Liturgy - zlitur184.htm - A Sacristan's Duties Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father outlines the responsibilities of a sacristan, in preparing for liturgical celebrations and providing for the upkeep of church furnishings. LINENS FLOWERS WASHINGS SACRARIUM SANCTUARY LAMP HOSTS WINE VESSELS FURNISHINGS HOLY WATER

25. Liturgy - zlitur344.htm - A Service as a Substitute for Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion may be substituted for Mass only on those conditions outlined in the Directory of Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest, issued by the Holy See in 1988. DEACON BISHOP EMERGENCY CONVENIENCE

26. Liturgy - zsilence.htm - A Silence That Contemplates and Adores Father Mauro Gagliardi
In this article, Father Mauro Gagliardi, a consultor of the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, explains the importance and meaning of the "apologetic prayers," said by the priest "in secret," during the celebration of the holy Mass. See Index Page. CONVERSION EUCHARIST REVERENCE PARTICIPATION ACTIO DEI

27. Liturgy - zlitur481.htm - Ablutions with Wine and Water Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Reference is made in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal to the purification of the sacred vessels with wine as well as water. The use of wine is required in the Extraordinary Form, but water alone suffices in the Ordinary Form. PURIFICATOR CHALICE

28. Liturgy - zlitur202.htm - Accommodating the Deaf Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father observes that insufficient provision for people with disabilities is usually due to lack of resources rather than lack of concern. RELIGIOUS PRIESTHOOD

29. Liturgy - zlitur526.htm - Acting Out the Passion Narrative Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Passion narrative is to be read on Good Friday, by the customary three persons, without dramatization. There should be enough variation in vocal tone to bring out the meaning of the text, but not so much as to draw attention to the reader. SINGING CHANT LECTOR CANTORS

30. Liturgy - ZLITUR41.HTM - Ad-libbing the Prayers of the Faithful Father Edward McNamara
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of common interest on liturgical norms. "Generally, and especially on a Sunday, the intentions should be prepared beforehand and approved by the pastor or celebrant." MASS EUCHARIST PRIESTHOOD

31. Liturgy - zlitur298.htm - Adapting the Mysteries of the Rosary Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Church gives wide leeway in the choice of mysteries to be celebrated in praying the Rosary, though one's choice should not conflict with a major liturgical celebration. SCRIPTURE HAIL MARY SUNDAY GLORIOUS MYSTERIES

32. Liturgy - zlitur258.htm - Adding Names in Eucharistic Prayers Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Names may not be inserted in Eucharistic Prayers I, II, or IV, but only in III, or in one of the Eucharistic Prayers for various needs. ROMAN CANON

33. Liturgy - zlitur141.htm - Adding St. Joseph to the Eucharistic Prayer Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Holy See may one day direct that St. Joseph be named in all Eucharistic Prayers, but until that day, unauthorized insertion of his name is not the way to honor the Patron of the Universal Church. RELIGIOUS ECCLESIOLOGY CANON

34. Liturgy - zpellsacconc.htm - Address to Sacrosanctum Concilium Conference Cardinal George Pell
Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, delivered this address at a Rome conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council constitution on the liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium. The conference took place at the Pontifical Lateran University 18-20 Feb. 2014. As someone heavily involved in the new translation of the English Missal, Cardinal Pell spoke about the issue of liturgical translations. LATIN GREEK SLAV VERNACULAR SCRIPTURE COMME LE PRÉVOIT LITURGIAM AUTHENTICAM VARIETATES LEGITIMAE ROMAN RITE

35. Liturgy - ADDAIMAR.HTM - Admission to the Eucharist in Situations of Pastoral Necessity LOR
An article in agreement with the Congregation for the Doctrine of
Faith and the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, explaining
and elaborating a document entitled "Guidelines for Admission to
the Eucharist between the Assyrian Church of the East and the
Chaldean Church" issued 29 July 2001 by the Pontifical Council
for Promoting Christian Unity. ECUMEN LITURG ANAPHORA NESTOR INSTITUTION ADDAI
MARI FLORENCE PENANCE ANOINTING

36. Liturgy - zlitur393.htm - Adoration and Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While it is true that "the highest act of adoration is the Mass itself," so that the Blessed Sacrament may not be exposed during Mass, there is no reason why the Sacrament may not be exposed for adoration after Mass. EXPOSITION BENEDICTION MONSTRANCE

37. Liturgy - zlitur300.htm - Adoration Without Exposition Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, both in the tabernacle and in exposition, is encouraged by the Magisterium. EUCHARIST BENEDICTION CIBORIUM MONSTRANCE EUCHARISTIC DEVOTION

38. Liturgy - zlitur590.htm - Advent as a Liturgical Season Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to a question on the meaning of Advent, Father gives a summary of the season's origin and development. LITURGICAL YEAR CALENDAR ORGAN FLOWERS PENITENTIAL SEASON O ANTIPHONS

39. Liturgy - zlitur109.htm - Advent Prayer and the Incarnation Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Advent prayers referring to Christmas as a celebration of the Incarnation should not be taken as strict biological or chronological statements, prejudicial to Christ's Incarnation beginning at the Annunciation. ABORTION MOZARABIC AMBROSIAN RITES

40. Liturgy - zlitur515.htm - Advent Wreaths and Incensing Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no instruction on how to incense an Advent Wreath or whether it should be incensed at all. INCENSATION PASCHAL CANDLE NATIVITY SCENE DECORATIONS

41. Liturgy - zlitur433.htm - Advent Wreaths and Penitential Rites Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father discourages lighting the Advent wreath during the penitential rite, but makes other suggestions of how it may be lighted. MASS CANDLES

42. Liturgy - zlitur302.htm - After a Church Is Attacked Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. After a church has been desecrated, worship may not be conducted there until a rite of reparation has been celebrated. DESECRATION MURDER RECONSECRATION SCANDAL CEREMONIAL OF BISHOPS

43. Liturgy - zlitur561.htm - After the Book of the Gospels Is Read Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In the absence of the Bishop, no particular ceremony accompanies the placement of the Book of the Gospels after the reading. EVANGELIARY DEACON PRIEST CREDENCE TABLE AMBO ALLELUIA

44. Liturgy - zlitur171.htm - Agnus Dei, Beyond the Norms Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Agnus Dei is intended to be sung or said during the rite of fraction, but the same melody may be used with added invocations during Communion. MASS EUCHARIST

45. Liturgy - ZLITUR64.HTM - Albs, Stoles and Chasubles Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although the norm is for a priest to wear the stole hanging down, he may wear it crossed if covered by a planeta (chasuble). A priest may not celebrate Mass without being vested in alb, stole, and chasuble. EUCHARIST VESTMENTS

46. Liturgy - zlitur324.htm - All About Indults Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to a question about indults, Father informs us that they are (often temporary) exceptions to Church laws, granted in view of special circumstances. CANON LAW PRIVILEGES

47. Liturgy - piacstsouls.htm - All Saints and All Souls Day: A Time of Mercy, Forgiveness and Reflection ZENIT
Instead of Halloween, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feasts of All Saints and All Souls, a time to reflect on those who have passed from this life to eternal life in Christ. ZENIT interviewed Cardinal Piacenza, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, he oversees the Vatican tribunal responsible for issues regarding mercy and the forgiveness of sins. INDULGENCES CEMETARY RECONCILIATION PENANCE COMMUNION OF SAINTS

48. Liturgy - zlitur474.htm - All Souls' Commemoration Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father traces the history of celebrations of all the faithful departed, concluding that there is no truth to the notion that All Souls Day was instituted to counter pagan festivals honoring the dead. ALL SAINTS MASS

49. LITURGY - 01346A.TXT - Altar (in Liturgy) Catholic Encyclopedia
In the New Law the altar is the table on which the Eucharistic Sacrifice is offered. Mass may sometimes be celebrated outside a sacred place, but never without an altar, or at least an altar-stone.

50. LITURGY - 01349D.TXT - Altar Breads Catholic Encyclopedia
Bread is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the sacrifice of the Eucharist. Explains what is necessary for valid consecration.

51. Liturgy - zlitur188.htm - Altar Cloths Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite specifies three altar cloths, the ordinary form requires only one. Symbolical interpretations of the number of cloths are not uniform. MENSA LITURGICAL COLORS ANTEPENDIUM

54. LITURGY - 01355B.TXT - Altar of Our Lady Catholic Encyclopedia
Altar dedicated to the Mother of God usually placed in the most prominent position in the church, i.e. at the right (gospel) side of the main altar. In general it signifies any altar of which the Blessed Virgin is the titular.

55. Liturgy - ZLITUR73.HTM - Altar of Repose Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The place of repose, after Mass of the Lord's Supper, "should be as beautiful as possible and should be sufficiently prominent so as to allow for adoration..." HOLY THURSDAY MAUNDY TRIDUUM TABERNACLE BLESSED SACRAMENT

56. LITURGY - 01357E.TXT - Altar Vessels Catholic Encyclopedia
The different vessels used during the Mass: the chalice, the paten, the ciborium, the Ostensorium, the lunula, etc.

57. LITURGY - 01358A.TXT - Altar Wine Catholic Encyclopedia
Wine is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the sacrifice of the Eucharist. For valid and licit consecration the pure juice of the grape naturally and properly fermented, is to be used.

59. LITURGY - 01359B.TXT - Altars (in the Greek Churches) Catholic Encyclopedia
The word altar (sometimes spelled oltar) is used in the Old Slavonic and Russian languages to denote the entire space surrounding what we know as the altar, which is included behind the iconostasis, and is the equivalent of the Greek word bema.

60. Liturgy - zlitur660.htm - Altars, Dedications and Relics Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The restoration of an altar does not require that it be rededicated; relics to be placed under the altar should be recognizable as parts of human bodies; the rites do not foresee insertion of relics in an already consecrated altar, but only in a new altar. CONSECRATION MENSA MARTYRS SAINTS

61. Liturgy - zlitur625.htm - Alternate Psalms in the Liturgy of the Hours Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Those under obligation to say the Liturgy of the Hours are obliged to say only one the three sets of daytime hours. TERCE SEXT NONE JOHN THE BAPTIST BREVIARY

62. Liturgy - zlitur257.htm - Alternative English Texts for Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Different forms of the same Mass prayers are accounted for by the fact that there are currently more than one English translation of the Roman Missal in use throughout the world. ICEL BISHOPS LATIN

63. Liturgy - zlitur114.htm - An Alb Alone; Delayed Penance Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Apart from a special dispensation, a single celebrant or principle celebrant at Mass must wear a chasuble. Acceptance of a penance is necessary for validity of the sacrament; delay in performing it does not, though may be sinful if due to neglect. PENANCE RECONCILIATION VESTMENTS

64. Liturgy - ZLITUR37.HTM - And Also With You Fr Edward McNamara
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers common questions on liturgical norms. At the words, "And also with you," it is not appropriate for members of the congregation to extend their arms, in imitation of the priest. EUCHARIST MASS

65. Liturgy - zlitur330.htm - And With Your Spirit Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The new translation of Et cum spiritu tuo, as "And with your spirit," refers to the presence of the Holy Spirit with the celebrant at Mass, to enable him to preside at the Sacrifice. DOMINUS VOBISCUM CHRYSOSTOM JUNGMANN

66. Liturgy - zlitur153.htm - Angelus Right After Mass Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Angelus may follow Mass as may other private or community devotions. EUCHARIST

67. Liturgy - zlitur334.htm - Anointing for Mental Disorders Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. According to Pastoral Care of the Sick: Rites of Anointing and Viaticum, 53, "Those who are judged to have a serious mental illness and who would be strengthened by the sacrament may be anointed." ANOINTING OF THE SICK EXTREME UNCTION ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ANXIETY

68. Liturgy - zlitur136.htm - Anointing of the Sick Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick should not be administered indiscriminately, but is "ordered toward the gravely ill from a physical condition." EXTREME UNCTION

69. Liturgy - ZLITUR28.HTM - Anonymity in the Confessional Fr Edward McNamara
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers common questions on liturgical norms. "If a penitent desires anonymity, the priest should respect this desire and in the vast majority of situations he should never have any need or right to inquire as to the identity of the penitent." CONFESSIONAL EXCOMMUNICATION CANONICAL PENALTY

70. LITURGY - CUFANS.TXT - Answers Various Questions About the Liturgy Catholics United For the Faith
Short answers to questions asked of Catholics United for the Faith on CRNET. CHALICE CROSS CRUCIFIX COMMUNION BENZIGER FAMILY LIFE LITURGY

71. Liturgy - zlitur370.htm - Antiphons and the Graduale Romanum Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The reason that texts sometimes differ between the Roman Missal and the Roman Gradual is that the latter offers a wider choice of musical possibilities. INTROITS MASS GIRM

72. Liturgy - zlitur524.htm - Antiphons of Commemorations Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father answers a question regarding the correct antiphons to be used in commemorations outside of Lent, in cases where special antiphons have been provided for these commemorations during Lent. LITURGY OF THE HOURS MEMORIALS

73. Liturgy - zlitur254.htm - Applause at Homilies Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There may be occasions, in certain cultures, when applause is not out of place during the liturgy, but in Western parishes its regular practice is not encouraged. SERMON MASS

74. Liturgy - zlitur235.htm - Appropriate Penances Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Two considerations determine a suitable penance, the nature of the sin (how grave) and the nature of the penitent (how well instructed). CONFESSION RESTITUTION SATISFACTION

76. LITURGY - ZLITURG5.HTM - Are Extraordinary Ministers the Norm? ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. The services of extraordinary ministers are supplemental, where necessary, to the services of ordinary ministers, a bishop, priest or deacon. MASS EUCHARIST ACOLYTE COMMUNION

77. Liturgy - zlitur523.htm - Ashes and How to Impose Them Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father provides instruction on the imposition of ashes, with something of its history and difference in modes of distribution. PENANCE HOLY WATER CROSS GUILT MORTALITY

78. Liturgy - zlitur484.htm - Ashes Earlier Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. According to Father, "it is not permitted to anticipate the blessing and distribution of ashes to Monday or to Shrove Tuesday and such an anticipation is pastorally unnecessary." ASH WEDNESDAY LENT PENANCE

79. Liturgy - zlitur399.htm - Ashes for Children and non-Catholics Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no restriction placed by liturgical books on who may receive ashes on Ash Wednesday. CHILDREN PROTESTANTS REPENTANCE PENANCE CONVERSION

80. Liturgy - zlitur158.htm - Attending Sunday Mass at Other Parishes Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The faithful should attend Mass at their own parishes, except where defects of doctrine and practice endanger the Christian's faith. SUNDAY OBLIGATION

81. Liturgy - zlitur318.htm - Babies in the Offertory Procession Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "While newborn babies are certainly a gift to be extolled, the offertory is not the appropriate moment since our attention should be drawn toward the greatest gift of all, the Eucharistic sacrifice." OFFERINGS MONEY CHARITY ADORATION

82. Liturgy - zlitur199.htm - Baby Jesus in the Crèche Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On a public thoroughfare, it is better to place the Infant in the crèche from the beginning, but in a liturgical setting, at the Midnight Mass. CHRISTMAS

83. Liturgy - zlitur207.htm - Baptism and Presentation of Our Lord Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Baptism of the Lord precedes the feast of the Presentation, because the latter feast, following the Jewish precedent, occurs 40 days after His birth, while the Baptism is treated as a part of His manifestation, and so associated with Epiphany. CANDLES CHRISTMASTIDE

84. Liturgy - zlitur297.htm - Baptism of the Lord and Ordinary Time Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As to whether the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord belongs to the Christmas season or Ordinary Time, it brings Christmastide to a close. LITURGICAL YEAR

85. Liturgy - zlitur311.htm - Baptismal Font Near the Altar Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is best that the baptismal font be placed in relation to the Eucharist, but in a distinct space, to express the "journey through waters to the altar." BAPTISM BAPTISTRY IMMERSION INFUSION

86. Liturgy - zlitur610.htm - Baptisms at Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father responds to the question of where the Rite of Baptism may be fitted into the liturgy of the Mass. EUCHARIST GODFATHER GODMOTHER GODPARENTS CHRISTIAN INITIATION OIL OF CATECHUMENS WATER CANDLE WHITE ROBE

87. Liturgy - zlitur518.htm - Beards and Priests Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While the Church in the past has regulated the growth of beards by clerics, there are currently no regulations. EASTERN CATHOLIC CHURCHES CANON LAW CAPUCHINS

88. Liturgy - zbeautylitur.htm - Beauty and the Liturgical Rite Father Mauro Gagliardi
Father Gagliardi, a consultor of the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, explains the connection of beauty with worship, and how a utilitarian disregard for beauty hampers one's ability to pray. BALTHASAR GLORY

89. Liturgy - zbelieving.htm - Believing, and Believing In Father Mauro Gagliardi
Father Gagliardi, a professor at Regina Apostolorum university and at the European University of Rome, distinguishes between the subjective faith by which we believe and the objective faith, which is the doctrinal content of our belief, two inseparable aspects of the same virtue of faith. FIDES QUA FIDES QUAE CATECHISM

90. Liturgy - zlitur94.htm - Bells at the Consecration Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The GIRM makes bell ringing at the consecration optional, but though it is not required, there are reasons for retaining it. EUCHARIST MASS AUDIO-VISUAL

91. Liturgy - znovtradb16.htm - Benedict XVI's Novel Traditions ZENIT
Attentive viewers have seen a series of subtle changes in papal liturgies during the five years of Benedict XVI's pontificate. Father Mauro Gagliardi, consultor to the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, says these changes are inspired by a mix of factors — oftentimes practicality, sometimes a renewal of ancient traditions. ZENIT spoke with Father Gagliardi about some of the "new" elements introduced by the current Bishop of Rome. VESTMENTS CAMAURO PALLIUM STAFF SILENCE AD ORIENTEM VERSUS POPULUM COMMUNION

92. Liturgy - zlitur175.htm - Benediction by a Bishop Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although the old rite did call for a triple sign of the cross when a Bishop gave Benediction, the present rite is unclear. MONSTRANCE BLESSED SACRAMENT

93. Liturgy - zlitur619.htm - Betrothal Ceremony Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although Fr Philip Weller's translation of the Roman Ritual (1962) is not formally approved, the betrothal ceremony it contains may be used for the edification of the couple, particularly if they plan to be wed according to the extraordinary form. ENGAGEMENT BOOK OF BLESSINGS SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM

94. Liturgy - zinnovtrad.htm - Between Innovation and Tradition ZENIT
Father Nicola Bux, an expert in Eastern liturgy and a consultor for the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, has looked at the Holy Father's efforts at reform. In this ZENIT interview, he says the Holy Father's patient reform effort is designed to renew Christian life, restoring in the liturgy a wise balance between innovation and tradition. LATIN INSTAURATIO APPLAUSE AD ORIENTEM LITURGICAL ABUSES

95. Liturgy - zlitur444.htm - Birettas and Academic Hats at Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The biretta was traditionally worn "in a way analogous to the bishop's miter: when the priest was seated or preaching or processing within the church." CIVIL ROBES ZUCCHETTO PAPAL KNIGHTS GRADUATION CEREMONIES

96. Liturgy - zlitur314.htm - Bishop as a Concelebrant Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Under normal circumstances, a bishop concelebrating Mass is not to cede the role of principal celebrant to another priest. HOLY ORDERS PRESIDE

97. Liturgy - zlitur477.htm - Bishop's Letter in Lieu of Homily Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. When a bishop's letter is read at Mass in place of the homily, it should be read by a priest or deacon, not a lay person. PASTORAL LETTER

98. LITURGY - BISHPOPE.TXT - Bishops Against the Pope: The Motu Proprio 'Ecclesia Dei' and the Extension of the Indult Neri Capponi, D.Cn.L., LL.D
The Pope's clear intent in issuing 'Ecclesia Dei' was to make the old Mass freely available to anyone who preferred it, argues this noted canonist. This article is taken from the Winter 1996 issue of 'The Latin Mass'.

99. Liturgy - zlitur450.htm - Bishops' Interpretations of Liturgical Laws Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Bishop has wide authority to make norms for his diocese in several areas of liturgy, but he should not forbid what the universal law permits, nor permit what the universal law forbids. MASS GIRM MISSAL STOLE KNEELING NOVELTY

100. Liturgy - zlitur281.htm - Blessed Sacrament Under Glass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Blessed Sacrament should be reserved in a tabernacle which is immovable, of "solid and inviolable material," not transparent, and locked. Violation of these prescripts should be reported to the Bishop. EXPOSITION ADORATION PROCESSIONS

101. Liturgy - zlitur468.htm - Blessing of Salt Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The third edition of the Roman Missal does retain the option of adding salt to blessed water, as found in the second appendix. ELISHA BAPTISM HOLY WATER FONTS

102. Liturgy - zlitur642.htm - Blessing of Water Outside Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In answer to a question about the blessing of water outside Mass, Father states that outside Mass the rite should be used from the Book of Blessings and not that found in the Missal. HOLY WATER SALT SPRINKLING BAPTISM

103. Liturgy - zlitur172.htm - Blessings at First Masses Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A plenary indulgence is still granted for attendance at a priest's first Mass, but it is no longer associated with a special "Apostolic" blessing imparted by the priest. ORDINATION ENCHIRIDION OF INDULGENCES

104. Liturgy - zlitur263.htm - Blessings at Holy Communion Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although a formal decision has not yet come from the Holy See, it seems that a blessing given in place of Holy Communion is inappropriate for extraordinary ministers. LAYING ON OF HANDS DIVORCED MASS

105. Liturgy - ZLITUR81.HTM - Blessings for Non-Communicants Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is nothing in the rubrics which permits or prevents the blessing of non-communicants. However, due reflection should be given regarding the custom's "pastoral utility." MASS EUCHARIST COMMUNION PROTESTANTS

106. Liturgy - zlitur592.htm - Blessings in Lieu of Communion Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In regard to blessings given in place of Communion, the practice is not encouraged. It is prohibited for extraordinary ministers to give any semblance of a blessing. LAYING ON OF HANDS CHILDREN NON-COMMUNICANTS SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

107. Liturgy - zlitur500.htm - Blessings Over the Phone Father Edward McNamara LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A priestly blessing in the form of a prayer may be given over the phone, but not in the form of a sacramental, which requires (except in the case of the Pope) his personal presence. URBI ET ORBI ABSOLUTION

108. Liturgy - zlitur530.htm - Blessings When the Eucharist Is Exposed Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In reply to a question of whether a blessing is given at the end of lauds/vespers when celebrated in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed, the answer is no. LITURGY OF THE HOURS INCENSE INCENSING BENEDICTION CORPUS CHRISTI

109. Liturgy - zlitur173.htm - Blessings Without a Stole Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The stole is an "eloquent symbol of the priestly condition and ministry," but it is not necessary for the validity of sacramentals. HOLY WATER VESTMENTS

111. Liturgy - zlitur239.htm - Both Hands at Elevation of Host Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although the GIRM of the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite doesn't specify, the presumption is that the priest should use both hands at the elevations of Host and Cup, as obliged in the Extraordinary Form. MASS CONSECRATION EUCHARIST

112. Liturgy - zlitur545.htm - Both Species for Concelebrants Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "All celebrants are obliged to communicate both species, and except in some very particular circumstances, it is a grave abuse if they are unable to do so." CONCELEBRATION CHALICE PRECIOUS BLOOD VESTMENTS PRESBYTERATE HOLY COMMUNION

113. Liturgy - ZLITUR48.HTM - Both Species From an Extraordinary Minister Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Norms for training of extraordinary ministers are given by the diocesan bishop. An extraordinary minister may give the Precious Blood when no priest or deacon is available and Communion under both kinds is permitted. MASS EUCHARIST LITURGY

114. Liturgy - zlitur555.htm - Bowing at the Holy Names Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. With regard to bowing the head at the Holy Names, it would normally be done by the one reading the text, though there is nothing in the GIRM preventing the laity from making the same bows. EUCHARISTIC PRAYER GLORIA CREED

115. Liturgy - zlitur331.htm - Bowing While Kneeling Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although not prescribed, bowing while kneeling, as when the priest genuflects after elevating the Host and Cup, is not out of place. DOUBLE GENUFLECTION BOWS BLESSED SACRAMENT CHALICE ADORATION

116. Liturgy - zlitur346.htm - Bows in the Extraordinary Form Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In the Ordinary Form, Canon Law permits an infirm priest to substitute gestures (such as bows) for those (such as genuflections) that he finds difficult. This would seem to apply to the Extraordinary Form as well. MASS DOMINICAN RITE

117. Liturgy - zlitur333.htm - Breaking of the Host Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The host should not be broken during the Eucharistic Prayer, because it is forbidden by Redemptionis Sacramentum, 55, but rather at the Agnus Dei, according to the tradition of the Church. DIX CONSECRATION ELEVATIONS

118. Liturgy - ZLITUR55.HTM - Breaking the Host Before Consecration Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. To break the Host prior to consecration is not only a departure from custom and contrary to liturgical law, it confuses the meaning of the Mass. EUCHARIST SACRIFICE

119. Liturgy - ZLITUR56.HTM - Breast-Beating Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Striking the breast, a gesture of penitence, is called for at the (1st form of) the Rite of Penance at Mass, not called for, but customary at the "Lamb of God" and "Lord, I am not worthy." EUCHARIST GESTURES

120. Liturgy - zlitur388.htm - Breast-Beating During the Confiteor Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although the rubric in the new translation of the Roman Missal does not specify that the breast be struck three times, rather than once, in the Confiteor, it seems implied. MASS EXTRAORDINARY FORM

121. Liturgy - zlitur514.htm - Breviaries With a 2-Year Cycle of Patristic Readings Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father replies to a question about use of the two-year cycle of patristic readings, never formally approved, in praying the Liturgy of the Hours. BIBLE SCRIPTURE DIVINE OFFICE FATHERS LITURGICAL SEASONS FEASTS

122. Liturgy - zlitur381.htm - Breviary and the New Missal Translation Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While no norm has been published on the subject, it seems probable that the new English translation of the collects for Mass may be used in the breviary, where collects for the day are called for. LITURGY OF THE HOURS DIVINE OFFICE

123. Liturgy - zlitur462.htm - Bringing Pets into Church Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although the decision lies with the priest, pets should not normally be brought into church. They do not benefit from the celebration and may be a distraction to worshipers. Service animals are another matter. CREATION BLESSING OF ANIMALS

124. Liturgy - zsacmuslit.htm - Bringing Sacred Music Back to Liturgy ZENIT
Every year the music department of the Mexican bishops' liturgy commission organizes a national conference on liturgical music. Among those present at the conference in February 2012 was Melicia Antonio, a lay consecrated member of the Regnum Christi Movement and organist for the formation center for consecrated women in Monterrey, Mexico. ZENIT asked her to share her experience of the conference. GREGORIAN CHANT DEMUSLI LITURGICAL MUSICIANS SCHOLA CANTORUM

125. Liturgy - zlitur200.htm - Broadcasting the Parish Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Since full liturgical participation requires physical presence in a single assembly, broadcasting the parish Mass to other spaces would not suffice. COMMUNITY

126. Liturgy - zlitur478.htm - Buddhist Singing Bowls Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The use at Mass of Buddhist "singing bowls," or of any other instrument not of "longstanding local usage," is to be submitted for approval to the Bishops' Conference. LENT SINGING MUSIC NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS

127. Liturgy - zlitur410.htm - Calendars of Religious Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Fr McNamara answers the question of which liturgical calendar is to be followed, the Diocesan or the Franciscan Calendar, in a parish staffed by Franciscans. GENERAL PARTICULAR CALENDAR

128. LITURGY - CALTOACT.TXT - Call to Action CTA
Ad for 1994 Call to Action Conference and the complete text of the 'Missalette' sheets passed out to the participants at the 1993 Call to Action Catholic conference for their Saturday evening liturgy. This annual conference is perhaps the Catholic left's most important event of the year. It features virtually every big name dissenter and popular speaker on the left's conference circuit from Gumbleton to Curran to Rosemary Reuther to Richard Rohr to Michael Crosby to Dick Westly.

129. Liturgy - ZLITURG7.HTM - Can Priest Go Down Aisle at the Kiss of Peace? ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. The priest is supposed to remain within the sanctuary for the kiss of peace except (in the U.S.) in special circumstances. MASS EUCHARIST GIRM

130. Liturgy - zlitur313.htm - Candles at the Gospel Reading Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The lighted candles accompanying the reading of the Gospel at Mass are not dispensed with in Eastertide, despite the presence of the Paschal candle. LITURGY OF THE WORD

131. Liturgy - zlitur540.htm - Candles Where the Walls Were Anointed Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father answers a question of when candles, marking the places where the walls of a church were anointed at its dedication, may be lit. CHRISM CONSECRATION ALTAR INCENSATION INCENSE

132. LITURGY - 07500B.TXT - Canonical Hours Catholic Encyclopedia
The fixed portion of the Divine Office which the Church appoints to be recited at the different hours. The term was borrowed from the custom of the Jews, and passed into the speech of the early Christians.

133. Liturgy - zlitur373.htm - Canonizations and Infallibility Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The decision of a consistory, that a Blessed is worthy to be proclaimed a Saint, is not infallible. Infallibility awaits the actual proclamation by the Pope at the canonization ceremony. BEATIFICATION

134. Liturgy - zhoyosumpont.htm - Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos on Summorum Pontificum ZENIT
Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos said he hopes that the Eucharist is never a motive for discord, but only love. The president of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei was interviewed on Vatican Radio, 13 September 2007, the day before "Summorum Pontificum" — Benedict XVI's letter issued "motu proprio" (on his own initiative) on liberalizing the use of the 1962 Roman Missal — went into effect. The cardinal spoke about the true meaning of the pontifical document. TRADITION TRIDENTINE MASS

135. Liturgy - zliveliturg.htm - Cardinal Ranjith on Forming the Faithful to Live the Liturgy ZENIT
The faithful must be taught the true meaning of the sacred liturgy: that it is “an instrument of communion with the Lord, allowing the Lord to take hold of you, and the Lord absorbing you into his divine mission, and making you experience what a great and privileged moment of communion this is.” These are the words of Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, archbishop of Colombo, in an exclusive interview with ZENIT. EVANGELIZATION MISSIONARY AESTHETICS LEX ORANDI EXTRAORDINARY FORM ORTHODOX ANGLICANS ORDINARIATE

136. Liturgy - zlitur504.htm - Catholic Funeral Rites for a Protestant Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Catholic funeral rites may be granted to noncatholics who have been baptized, providing they have not expressed a contrary intention and their own minister is not available. CREMATION SCANDAL PROTESTANTS APOSTATES HERETICS SCHISMATICS

138. LITURGY - CAPRAC.TXT - Catholic Practice & Recapturing the Sacred John M. Haas
An examination of the relationship between religious practices and the perception of sacred realities.Text of the talk of John Haas at the 12th convention of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, reprinted in Sacred Music Vol. 117, No. 3, Fall 1990. SACRED SENSE CATHOLIC PRACTICE SACRED MUSIC

139. LITURGY - CAPRAC.ZIP - Catholic Practice & Recapturing the Sacred John M. Haas
An examination of the relationship between religious practices and the perception of sacred realities.Text of the talk of John Haas at the 12th convention of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, reprinted in Sacred Music Vol. 117, No. 3, Fall 1990. SACRED SENSE CATHOLIC PRACTICE SACRED MUSIC

140. Liturgy - zlitur285.htm - Celebrating in an Eastern Rite Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Before allowing Latin priests to use both a Latin and an Eastern rite, the Church seeks to verify both the pastoral necessity and the priest's adequate preparation. RITUAL MASS CANONS

141. Liturgy - zlitur542.htm - Celebrating Mass the Evening Before Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A priest may celebrate Mass on the evening before a Sunday or a Holy Day of Obligation, but he may not anticipate a weekday Mass on the previous evening. Midnight of the weekday is the earliest that the Mass may be celebrated. DAILY MASS

142. Liturgy - zlitur591.htm - Celebrating the Mass Alone Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Since the Mass is the "source and summit of the priestly life, a priest is urged to celebrate Mass daily, even when the faithful are not present. EUCHARISTIC SACRIFICE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION CANON LAW

143. Liturgy - zlitur228.htm - Celebrating the Mass Silently Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A priest celebrating alone or with an acolyte may use a subdued voice, but he may not "say" the Mass internally. EUCHARIST EXTRAORDINARY FORM

144. Liturgy - zlitur377.htm - Celebrating the Memorial of John Paul II Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father gives the norms on when and where memorials of blesseds may be inserted in the liturgical calendar, in particular, the memorial of Blessed John Paul II. MASS LITURGY OF THE HOURS

145. Liturgy - zcremation.htm - Cemeteries: A Place of Grief and Hope ZENIT
On the occasion of All Souls Day, observed on November 2, Friar Luca Casalicchio, the Capuchin friar in charge of Rome’s “El Verano”, Cemetery spoke with ZENIT to clarify several norms on the treatment of the remains of the deceased. CREMATION RESURRECTION FUNERAL URN ASHES

146. Liturgy - zlitur372.htm - Central Focus at Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The central focus at Mass is Christ Himself, who is represented by the altar. TABERNACLE CELEBRANT PRIEST MENSA RELICS

147. Liturgy - zlitur617.htm - Certificates for First Confession Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Certificates for first Confession have no legal status, though they may be useful if First Confession and First Communion take place in different venues, or there is a significant time lapse between first receptions of the two sacraments. PENANCE RECONCILIATION CHILDREN PIUS X CATECHISM CONFESSOR SIN

148. LITURGY - CHANGE.TXT - Change? John T. Zuhlsdorf
An examination of the problem of liturgical change in relationship to the directives of the Second Vatican Council, by John T. Zuhlsdorf, from Sacred Music, Vol. 117, no. 2, Summer 1990. CHANGE LITURGY SACRED MUSIC VATICAN II

149. Liturgy - zlitur471.htm - Changes in Musical Compositions Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. New musical compositions should be approved by proper authority before being used at Mass. USCCB MUSIC HYMNS

150. Liturgy - zlitur148.htm - Changing the "Pray, Brethren..." Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The rubrics of many Missals in the vernacular permit the substitution of other phrases for "Pray, Brethren..." MASS EUCHARIST

151. Liturgy - zlitur419.htm - Changing the Presider Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no occasion when one priest celebrant may replace another during Mass, other than the case when the original celebrant is physically unable to continue. GOSPEL PROCESSION EUCHARIST BISHOPS PRIESTS INSTALLATION

152. Liturgy - zlitur445a.htm - Children Writing Lists of Their Sins Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Making lists of sins for confession is permitted, but in the case of children, care must be taken that the lists are destroyed after they receive absolution. RECONCILIATION SECRECY SPIRITUAL DIRECTION

153. Liturgy - zlitur458.htm - Children's Liturgy of the Word Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The new edition of the Roman Missal does not abolish any of the special directories issued in earlier times regarding the Children's Liturgy of the Word. GOSPEL READINGS PSALMS SCRIPTURE BIBLE

154. Liturgy - ZLITUR75.HTM - Children's Liturgy of the Word Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is permitted for children to have their own Liturgy of the Word, for catechetical purposes. MASS EUCHARIST CATECHESIS

155. Liturgy - zlitur409.htm - Children's Masses Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Omission of the Eucharistic Prayers for Children in the new translation of the Roman Missal does not mean they can no longer be used for children, but are printed in separate books as not for general use. LATIN FIRST COMMUNION

156. Liturgy - zlitur325.htm - Children's Sunday Liturgy at Midweek Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The 1973 Directory for Masses with Children allows for much flexibility, though the next Sunday's liturgy may not be the best choice. SCRIPTURE BIBLE LECTIONARY LITURGICAL SEASONS

157. Liturgy - zlitur219.htm - Chinese State-Sponsored Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Attendance at a State-Sponsored Mass in China is permissable, if a church in full communion with the Holy See is unavailable. FRENCH REVOLUTION MARTYRDOM

158. Liturgy - zlitur488.htm - Chrism Mass During Sede Vacante Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On the resignation of a bishop, a temporary apostolic administrator is appointed, who, if he is himself a bishop, retains the powers of the diocesan bishop, except that he cannot introduce important changes. VACANCY

159. Liturgy - zlitur558.htm - Christmas Acclamation Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As to whether a priest may change the memorial acclamation at "the Mystery of Faith" in the Christmas season, he may not, nor may he "add, remove or change anything in the liturgy on his own authority." ROMAN MISSAL MYSTERIUM FIDEI REAL PRESENCE MASS

160. Liturgy - zlitur249.htm - Christmas Cribs in Church Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although there is no magisterial instruction on the subject, the Directory on Popular Piety, as well as ancient custom, indicates that the Christmas Crib has an honored place in the church. CRECHE NATIVITY MIDNIGHT MASS

161. Liturgy - zlitur435.htm - Christmas Trees in the Sanctuary Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "Christmas trees are preferably located outside the sanctuary and church proper, and are best left in vestibules or church grounds." ALTAR DECORATIONS FLOWERS LITURGICAL SEASONS

162. Liturgy - zlitur296.htm - Christmas Vigil Masses; Options on Readings Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Regarding readings for Christmas Masses, it is permitted to choose among the readings for the three Masses for Christmas Day, depending on pastoral needs. LECTIONARY MIDNIGHT MASS AT DAWN

163. Liturgy - zlitur599.htm - Church as Sacrament Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father explains how the Church is a sacrament, called the "universal sacrament of salvation." UNITY REDEMPTION MYSTERY MYSTERION MYSTERIUM SIGN AND INSTRUMENT SACRAMENTS COMMUNION OF SAINTS

164. Liturgy - zlitur238.htm - Churches Dedicated and Consecrated Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The dedication of a church is the same as what was its "consecration" prior to the liturgical reform. Only permanent houses of worship are dedicated (or consecrated). BLESSING ANOINTINGS

165. Liturgy - zlitur657.htm - Churches of Parishes and of Religious Congregations Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no distinction between the dedication of a parish church and the church of a religious congregation. DIOCESAN BISHOP ORDINARY ORATORY CHAPEL

166. Liturgy - zlitur371.htm - Churching After Childbirth Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The churching of women has fallen into disuse, though the revised Rite of Baptism for Children has incorporated the blessing of the mother after childbirth. PURIFICATION

167. Liturgy - zlitur452.htm - Civil Marriage Ceremonies Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In reply to a question of whether a civil wedding ceremony in the US, followed by a religious ceremony in Ireland, would be permissable to the Catholic Church, Father answers that there seems no reason why a religious ceremony carried out in Ireland would not be civilly recognized in the US. SACRAMENT

168. Liturgy - zlitur241.htm - Civilly Married Couples Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father lists a number of factors which determine whether a civil marriage is valid. CANONS SACRAMENT VALIDITY PAULINE PRIVILEGE

169. Liturgy - zlitur609.htm - Codification of Liturgical Law Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to the question of whether there is any prospect of a single, comprehensive work on liturgical law, Fr. McNamara says it is unlikely, though he does recommend certain liturgical books. CODE OF CANON LAW ORDINARY FORM EXTRAORDINARY FORM RUBRICS

170. Liturgy - zlitur218.htm - Coffee and Food in the Sacristy Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Having food and beverages in the sacristy is usually unnecessary and detracts from spiritual atmosphere of the place. COMMUNION FAST

171. Liturgy - zlitur230.htm - Cohabiting Brides and Grooms Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Cohabiting couples should be informed that "their situation is not conducive to an adequate preparation for a Catholic wedding." MATRIMONY MARRIAGE

172. Liturgy - zlitur443.htm - Color of the Veil for the Cross Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The traditional color of the cloths with which crosses and images are veiled on the Fifth Sunday of Lent is violet. GOOD FRIDAY EASTER VIGIL PASSIONTIDE

173. Liturgy - zlitur620.htm - Colored Surplices Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to a question about colored surplices, "the introduction of colored surplices is an innovation which, while there is no universal law forbidding it, has no basis in Catholic liturgical tradition and must be considered as a fad or novelty." ALB AMICE VESTMENTS CHASUBLE SERVERS CASSOCK

174. Liturgy - zlitur644.htm - Colored Vestments During Exposition and Benediction Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. To a question of whether colored vestments are permitted during Exposition and Benediction, Father replies, "we cannot say that the rule that white is always the required color is a strict rule. However, the exceptions are always in the context of another liturgical act being in some way combined with exposition or Benediction." STOLE COPE BLESSED SACRAMENT LAUDS VESPERS HUMERAL VEIL

175. Liturgy - zlitur303.htm - Colors of Cassocks and Altar Cloths Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On the vestments of acolytes, altar servers, readers, and other lay ministers, the color may vary according to local custom, subject to the will of the Bishop. ALB SURPLICE CINCTURE AMICE ANTEPENDIUM FRONTAL

176. Liturgy - zlitur126.htm - Combining Office of Readings and Morning Prayer Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. When the Office of Readings immediately precedes another Hour of the Office, the hymn for that Hour may replace the hymn for the Office of Readings. LITURGY OF THE HOURS

177. Liturgy - zlitur358.htm - Combining Stations and the Passion Liturgy Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "Manifestations of popular piety, either by time or the manner in which the faithful are convoked, do not become a surrogate for the liturgical celebrations of Good Friday." STATIONS WAY OF THE CROSS COMMUNION EXPOSITION TRIDUUM HOLY THURSDAY

178. Liturgy - zlitur306.htm - Commemorating Saints in Lent Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. During Lent all memorials of saints, even if obligatory outside of Lent, are deemed optional, and their commemoration limited to the collect. ASH WEDNESDAY HOLY WEEK ADVENT CHRISTMAS EASTER OFFICE

180. Liturgy - wordwowords.htm - Communicating the Word Without Words Mons. Timothy Verdon
Mons. Verdon's work as the Canon of Florence Cathedral brings him into contact with some of the most awe-inducing, world-renowned art in the Catholic Church's cultural heritage. However, the most beautiful work of art he has come across is one that many do not even consider as such: the Liturgy. Tania Mann, of LOR, interviews Mons. Verdon on the role of art in the life of the Church. INCARNATION SACRAMENTS ARCHITECTURE ECUMENISM HAGIA SOFIA TEMPLE MOSQUE JEWS MUSLIMS COMMUNICATION BEAUTY

181. Liturgy - zlitur482.htm - Communion and the Divorced and Remarried Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although care of the divorced and remarried is under study, readmission to the sacraments is unlikely without an annulment or the death of the first spouse. EUCHARIST COMMUNION ADULTERY PENANCE INTERNAL FORUM CONSCIENCE SCANDAL

182. Liturgy - ZLITUR33.HTM - Communion for Homebound Moms Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers common questions on liturgical matters. "Such a ministry would fall under the more general concept of ministry to the sick and so there should be no canonical objections to bringing Communion to these mothers." EUCHARIST MASS

183. Liturgy - ZLITURG9.HTM - Communion for Late Arrivals at Mass? ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. We should be present at Mass from beginning to end, but a late arrival may be excused by circumstances. EUCHARIST SACRAMENT

184. Liturgy - ZLITUR13.HTM - Communion Hosts at Papal Masses ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. At Papal Masses, special provisions are sometimes made to accommodate places and numbers of communicants. EUCHARIST LITURGY

185. Liturgy - ZLITUR23.HTM - Communion Service Instead of Mass? ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. Attendance at a Communion Service does not substitute for assistance at Mass on Sunday or Holy Day of Obligation except for a "grave cause." EUCHARIST

186. Liturgy - zlitur541.htm - Communion Services Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Sunday obligation is to assist at Mass. A Communion Service is not a substitute. However, there is no Sunday obligation where, for a grave cause, one cannot assist at Mass. In that case, attendance at a Communion Service is recommended. WORD OF GOD PRIESTS DEACONS SACRIFICE EUCHARIST

187. Liturgy - zlitur522.htm - Communion Services and Penitential Rites Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father addresses the question of why the penitential rite is omitted in the Sunday Celebration in the Absence of a Priest (2012), though it was present in the older Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharist Outside of Mass (1976).

188. Liturgy - ZLITUR57.HTM - Communion Services Before Daily Mass Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A daily Communion Service, led by an extraordinary minister before Mass, is contrary to the spirit of present legislation. EUCHARIST

189. Liturgy - zlitur430.htm - Communion Through a Feeding Tube Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In a case where a person cannot eat or drink normally, the local chancery should request an indult from the Congregation for Divine Worship permitting reception of the Precious Blood through a stomach tube. COMMUNION PEG PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY

190. Liturgy - zlitur438.htm - Completing the Rites of Baptism Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "Following the rite for emergency baptisms there is a rite of bringing a baptized child to the church," in case the child recovers. CONFIRMATION WHITE GARMENT ANOINTING

191. Liturgy - zlitur236.htm - Complications of 2 Forms in 1 Rite Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. When both forms, ordinary and extraordinary, of the Latin Rite are celebrated in the same parish, the complications arising will be addressed by the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei" in the near future. SUBDEACON ACOLYTE EASTER TRIDUUM LITURGICAL CALENDAR

192. Liturgy - zlitur179.htm - Concelebrants From Different Rites Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Priests from different rites concelebrate according to the rite of the principal celebrant. There is to be no mixing of rites, though each should wear the vestments of his own rite. EASTERN CHURCHES

193. Liturgy - zlitur253.htm - Concelebrating at Additional Masses Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. When a priest gives the homily at more than one Mass, as in a special appeal, having already celebrated, he is not expected to concelebrate at the additional Masses. CELEBRATION BINATE TRINATE

194. Liturgy - zlitur422.htm - Concelebrating in an Unfamiliar Language Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A priest should not concelebrate in a language he cannot or understand or properly pronounce. LATIN EASTERN CHURCH

195. Liturgy - zlitur512.htm - Concelebration With Peculiarities Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father addresses a number of peculiarities witnessed at a concelebrated Mass by elderly members of a religious community. VALIDITY ILLICIT STOLE ALB CHASUBLE EUCHARISTIC PRAYERS WORDS OF CONSECRATION LANGUAGE COMMUNION

196. Liturgy - zlitur102.htm - Concluding the Prayers of the Faithful Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The priest celebrant is called upon by the rubrics to offer the concluding prayer in the Prayers of the Faithful. MASS EUCHARIST GIRM DIVINE OFFICE

197. Liturgy - zlitur354.htm - Confession Before Baptism Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is neither necessary nor beneficial for catechumens to go to confession prior to Baptism. Baptism itself forgives all sins, and without Baptism, no other sacrament can be received to good effect. RCIA RECONCILIATION DEACONS ANOINTING OF THE SICK

199. Liturgy - zlitur104.htm - Confession for RCIA Candidate Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Some impediments to a valid confession are matters of Church law rather than divine law, such as the impediment limiting absolution to those already in full communion with the Catholic Church. It may be suspended for those about to enter the Church. PENANCE RECONCILIATION SACRAMENTS BAPTISM PROTESTANTS

200. Liturgy - ZLITUR27.HTM - Confirmation and the Laity's Role ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a question on liturgical norms. While the prayer of the whole assembly is called upon during confirmation, the administration of the sacrament is reserved to the bishop or priest who presides. APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION HIERARCHY COMMON MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD EPISCOPACY LAYING ON OF HANDS

202. Liturgy - zlitur511.htm - Consecrated People as Godparents Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although it used to be forbidden for a religious or consecrated person to act as godparent, this is no longer the case. CANON LAW SPONSORS PROTESTANTS

203. Liturgy - ZLITUR82.HTM - Consecrating a Second Batch of Hosts Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is never correct to consecrate new species, either of bread, wine, or both together, within a Mass. EUCHARIST COMMUNION

204. Liturgy - zlitur150.htm - Consecration at a Distance Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "Liturgical norms require that all that is to be consecrated be present before the priest on the altar and upon a corporal." TRANSUBSTANTIATION EUCHARIST MASS

205. Liturgy - zlitur321.htm - Consecration of Both Species for Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. If Mass is interrupted after consecration of the bread, the consecrated bread is the Body of Christ, but there is no sacrifice, i.e., no Mass, without consecration of the wine as well. EUCHARIST COMMUNION PRIEST

206. Liturgy - zlitur475.htm - Copes, Humeral Veils and Blessings Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A white cope is normally worn for Benediction, but if immediately preceded by a solemn celebration of Liturgy of the Hours, the cope may be either white or the color of the day or season. BLESSED SACRAMENT GOOD FRIDAY

207. LITURGY - COPYRT.TXT - Copyright and Church Music Fr. Robert Skeris
An editorial on copyright law and standard practice as applied to Church music, by Fr. Skeris, published in Sacred Music, Vol. 117, No. 3, Fall 1990. COPYRIGHT CHURCH MUSIC MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION SKERIS SACRED MUSIC

208. Liturgy - zlitur416.htm - Counting Ordinary Time Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father responds to the question of why Ascension Sunday is counted among Sundays in ordinary time by explaining how the weeks in ordinary time are numbered. LITURGICAL YEAR CALENDAR EPIPHANY BAPTISM OF THE LORD ASH WEDNESDAY PENTECOST

209. Liturgy - ZLITUR72.HTM - Covering of Crosses and Images in Lent Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The veiling of crosses and images, either on the eve before the Fifth Sunday of Lent, or on Holy Thursday, has a long history as a sign of public penance. STATUES PENITENTS ASH WEDNESDAY PASSION SUNDAY HOLY THURSDAY EASTER VIGIL

210. Liturgy - zlitur389.htm - Covering the Crucifix Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While it is not strictly prohibited to cover the main crucifix behind the altar during the seasons of Christmas and Easter, so long as there is another crucifix visible near the altar, it seems wrongheaded to do so. PROCESSIONAL CROSS DECORATIONS SACRIFICE

211. Liturgy - zlitur351.htm - Criteria for Preparing the Altar Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although complete uniformity in dressing the altar is unlikely, there are certain basics, such as described in the GIRM. ALTAR CLOTH MENSA FRONTAL ANTEPENDIUM CRUCIFIX CANDLES FLOWERS MICROPHONES

212. LITURGY - CRITIMPO.TXT - Criticism? Impossible Susan Benofy
An account of ICEL's deliberate efforts to pretend that its translations are objective and have rarely or never been officially criticized. Taken from the August-September 1996 issue of "The Catholic World Report."

213. Liturgy - zlitur210.htm - Crosses on the 14 Stations Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A legitimate Way of the Cross consists of 14 crosses, to which images or sculptures representing the stations may be added. VIA CRUCIS ENCHIRIDION OF INDULGENCES PASSION

214. Liturgy - ZLITUR31.HTM - Crowded Altar? Father Edward McNamara
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers common questions on liturgical norms. Ideally those who fulfill a ministry in the celebration should occupy a place within the sanctuary, but not so as to overcrowd or distract from the celebrant. MASS EUCHARIST CONCELEBRATION

215. Liturgy - zlitur495.htm - Crucifixes on the Altar Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. For the celebration of Mass, a crucifix is to be placed on or near the altar, where it is visible to the people. GIRM ENTRANCE PROCESSION BOOK OF THE GOSPELS LECTIONARY RSVCE

216. Liturgy - ZLITUR35.HTM - Crucifixes, Bows and Celebrants' Palms Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. (1) The crucifix is essential at celebration of Mass. (2) The priest bows to the altar, rather than the crucifix. (3) Concelebrants' hand gesture at consecration may vary, as do theories of its meaning. EUCHARIST TABERNACLE

217. Liturgy - ZLITUR25.HTM - Cruise Line Rent-a-Priest ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers common questions on liturgical norms. Sacraments celebrated by a priest who has left the clerical state would be at best illicit, and in some cases invalid. MASS MARRIAGES WEDDINGS CONFESSION PENANCE RECONCILIATION ABSOLUTION

218. Liturgy - zlitur567.htm - Cycle-A Gospel Readings Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father supplies the historical basis for why the readings from cycle A may always be used during Lent. BAPTISM INITIATION SUNDAYS WEEKDAYS

219. Liturgy - zlitur129.htm - Deacon's Duties and Gestures Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A deacon raises the chalice at the doxology of the Eucharistic Prayer; he does not spread his hands at the dismissal; and he may give the Eucharistic Benediction when a priest is not available. MASS

220. Liturgy - zlitur98.htm - Deacon's Position at Consecration Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. According to GIRM, the Deacon's proper position during consecration is near the priest but slightly behind. MASS EUCHARIST GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN MISSAL

221. Liturgy - zlitur661.htm - Deacon's Role at Incensing Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father provides clarification on the role of a deacon with a priest when incensing at Mass and when there is no priest where incensing is called for outside of Mass. BENEDICTION EUCHARISTIC PRAYER CEREMONIAL OF BISHOPS GIRM LAUDS VESPERS FUNERAL EPICLESIS

222. Liturgy - zlitur347.htm - Deacons and Exorcisms Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A deacon can exorcise in the general sense, as in Baptism, but in deliverance from possession, the exorcist must be a priest. INFESTATION

223. Liturgy - zlitur262.htm - Deacons and the Chrism Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. At the Chrism Mass, might not deacons renew their commitment to the diaconate, as priests renew their commitment to the priesthood? Another occasion would be better, since the priesthood is the focus of the Chrism Mass. HOLY THURSDAY

224. Liturgy - zlitur568.htm - Deacons and the Easter Triduum Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to the question of whether a deacon can preside at liturgies for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil, the answer is No. TABERNACLE RESERVATION BLESSED SACRAMENT COMMUNION

225. Liturgy - zlitur264.htm - Deacons and the Passion Narrative Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. If both priest and deacon are present for reading the Passion, the priest need not take part at all, leaving the part of Christ to be read by the deacon. CHOIR PALM SUNDAY GOOD FRIDAY

226. Liturgy - zlitur493.htm - Deacons Kneeling at the Consecration Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On the question of whether the deacon should kneel during the consecration, "from the epiclesis until the priest shows the chalice, the deacon normally remains kneeling." SACRIFICE MASS

227. Liturgy - zlitur598.htm - Deacons Praying with Extended Hands Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. If a deacon is considered the ordinary minister for a celebration, and the rubrics make no distinction between a deacon and a priest, then the deacon would follow the same gestures as would a priest. ORANS PRESIDENTIAL GREETING BLESSINGS BAPTISM HOLY COMMUNION OUTSIDE MASS

228. Liturgy - zlitur622.htm - Deacons' Hands on the Altar Father Edward McNamara, LC
To the question of whether deacons are permitted to place their hands on the altar at the beginning of Mass, Father replies, "the practice of distinguishing the posture of the deacon and priest with respect to touching the altar cannot be justified by the liturgical norms now in force." MENSA CONCELEBRATION BOOK OF THE GOSPELS EVANGELIARY EUCHARIST KISS ALTAR

229. Liturgy - zlitur538.htm - Deacons' Wives at Ordinations Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no fixed role for deacons' wives in the ordination rite, but their wives may possibly bring forward the deacons' vestments, to be received by the vesting minister. PERMANENT DEACONS STOLES DALMATICS

230. Liturgy - ZLITUR34.HTM - Decorating the Sanctuary Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal, nos. 304ff., provides guidelines for decorating the sanctuary. MASS EUCHARIST ALTAR CANDLES STATUES

231. LITURGY - THEODIM.TXT - Deepening the Theological Dimensions of Liturgical Studies Jeremy Driscoll
A scholarly case for the necessity of precision of theology in true liturgical renewal. Without it, the community risks celebrating itself rather than Christ's saving acts. This article was taken from the Fall 1996 issue of "Communio."

232. LITURGY - THEODIM.ZIP - Deepening the Theological Dimensions of Liturgical Studies Jeremy Driscoll
A scholarly case for the necessity of precision of theology in true liturgical renewal. Without it, the community risks celebrating itself rather than Christ's saving acts. This article was taken from the Fall 1996 issue of "Communio."

233. Liturgy - zlitur451.htm - Degrees of Blessings Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As to whether an object once blessed is permanently blessed, there are degrees of blessings, and not every sign of the cross is a blessing. WATER CRUET EXTRAORDINARY FORM FOOD CONSTITUTIVE INVOCATIVE BLESSINGS

234. Liturgy - zlitur401.htm - Denying Communion to Someone Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Holy Communion may be publicly refused to a person who has been publicly excommunicated, or to one who obstinately perseveres in manifest grave sin. HOMOSEXUALITY STATE OF GRACE

235. Liturgy - zlitur400.htm - Deviations in Holy Week Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Rearrangement of parts in the liturgies of the Triduum is prohibited by Sacrosanctum Concilium. PALM SUNDAY GOOD FRIDAY EASTER VIGIL LITURGICAL ABUSE

236. Liturgy - DIESIRAE.HTM - Dies Irae Thomas of Celano
The traditional hymn, attributed to Thomas of Celano (13th
century), was formerly said/sung as a sequence (between Epistle and
Gospel) at Requiem Masses. Based on Zephaniah 1:14-15, it was a
call to repentance in preparation for the Last Judgment.
TRIDENTINE

237. Liturgy - zlitur564.htm - Differing Rules on the Lamb of God Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father replies to the question of who should say the Agnus Dei at the breaking of the host over the paten. COMMIXTION GIRM MINISTER

238. LITURGY - DIGORG.TXT - Dignity of the Organist's Calling Sacred Music
An excerpt from a series of studies in honor of Louis Vierne (1870-1937), this essay on the dignity of the organist's calling was translated from the French original by Karoly Kope, and published in Sacred Music 117, No. 2, Summer 1990. ORGAN ORGANIST CALLING VOCATION DIGNITY SACRED MUSIC VIERNE

239. Liturgy - zlitur392.htm - Disposing of Old Missals and Sacramentaries Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Old missals and sacramentaries may be disposed of by burial either on church grounds or in a Catholic cemetery, either intact or after burning. BOOK OF BLESSINGS DE BENEDICTIONIBUS

240. Liturgy - zlitur163.htm - Distributing Communion to Concelebrants Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In large celebrations, deacons may present patens and chalices to concelebrants, but not administer Communion to them. MASS INTINCTION

241. Liturgy - zlitur576.htm - Distribution of Communion Through the Ages Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father gives a brief history of the practice and principles regarding the distribution of Holy Communion. SACRIFICE CONFESSION ARIANISM PRIEST LAITY

242. Liturgy - zlitur170.htm - Divine Mercy Sunday Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On Divine Mercy Sunday a plenary indulgence is offered, under the usual conditions, to all who "take part in the prayers and devotions held in honor of Divine Mercy." FAUSTINA

243. LITURGY - 11219A.TXT - Divine Office Catholic Encyclopedia
The group of psalms, hymns, prayers, biblical and spiritual readings formulated by the Church for chant or recitation at stated times every day. This file covers the primitive form of the Office and its development.

244. Liturgy - ZLITURG4.HTM - Do Stoles Suffice if Chasubles Are Available? ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. The chief celebrant should wear a chasuble, and concelebrants also, as far as circumstances permit. VESTMENTS MASS EUCHARIST

245. Liturgy - zdoctform.htm - Doctrinal Formation and Communion Under Both Kinds Father Paul Gunter, OSB
Father Gunter, a professor of the Pontifical Institute of Liturgy in Rome and a Consulter to the Office of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, recalls why, in light of the Council of Trent, no less grace is received in Communion under one kind than in Communion under both kinds. REDEMPTIONIS SACRAMENTUM CONCOMITANCE INTINCTION

246. Liturgy - FIRSTCC.HTM - Documents on First Confession/First Communion Holy See
This file contains Magisterial texts on the obligation of First
Confession before First Communion showing the efforts of the
Holy See over a period of two decades to end abuses of the
rights of children and of sacramental discipline. Documents:
"Sanctus Pontifex" of the Congregation for the Discipline of the
Sacraments (1973); "In quibusdam Ecclesiae partibus" of the
Congregations for the Sacraments and Divine Worship and the
Congregation for the Clergy (1977); "Responsum" of the
Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship and the
Congregation for the Clergy (1977); "Code of Canon Law" (1983);
"Catechism of the Catholic Church" (1994). SACRAMENTS PENANCE
RECONCILIATION EUCHARIST CONSCIENCE SIN

247. LITURGY - 01348A.TXT - Double Altar Catholic Encyclopedia
An altar having a double front constructed in such a manner that Mass may be celebrated on both sides of it at the same time.

248. Liturgy - zlitur380.htm - Doxology Grammar; New Missal Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The singular verb "is" is used in the doxology ("All glory and honor is yours"), because "glory and honor" is treated as a collective noun. MASS EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

249. Liturgy - zlitur86 - Dramatic Readings at Mass Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Readings at Mass should include such variations in tone as will bring out the meaning of the text, but not such as to bring attention to the reader. EUCHARIST LECTOR CHANT

250. Liturgy - zlitur97.htm - East-West Difference Over Priestly Celibacy Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Roman and Eastern Churches have distinct traditions on the subject of priestly celibacy, and both are legitimate, deserving of equal respect. PRIESTHOOD EPICOPATE BISHOPS MARRIAGE MARRIED PRIESTS

251. Liturgy - zlitur651.htm - Easter Prefaces Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The difference in the Easter Prefaces (including the introduction) is intended to "underline the importance of Eastertide as a unique and special time of the year." PASSOVER LAMB

252. Liturgy - zlitur278.htm - Eastern Rites and Orthodox Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Latin-rite Catholics may participate in the rites of an Eastern-rite Catholic Church, and vice versa, and so fulfill their Sunday/Holy Day obligation, but they can't formally change rites without a formal procedure. ORTHODOX

253. LITURGY - FAMTREE.TXT - Eastern Rites: A Family Tree Fr. William Saunders
A quick survey of the present status of the Eastern Rites in the Catholic Church. This article was taken from the February 13, 1997 issue of "The Arlington Catholic Herald."

254. Liturgy - zlitur339.htm - Eastern-Rite Children and Holy Communion Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Eastern Rite children, when worshipping in a Latin Rite church, are permitted to receive Communion according to the discipline of their own Rite, though they have not reached the age at which Latin Rite children are permitted to receive. FIRST COMMUNION CANON LAW DIASPORA

255. Liturgy - zlitur312.htm - Eastertide Holy Water and Statues Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On Easter Sunday the holy water used in the rite of sprinkling is that blessed at the Easter Vigil and should not be blessed again. ALTAR OF REPOSE STATUES VIDI AQUAM PASCHAL CANDLE

256. Liturgy - zlitur88 - Efficacy of the Penitential Rite Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The absolution in the penitential rite at Mass forgives venial sins, but not mortal sins, for which the Sacrament of Penance is necessary. EUCHARIST CONFESSION RECONCILIATION

257. Liturgy - zlitur223.htm - Electric Sanctuary Candles Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal calls for a sanctuary lamp fueled by oil or wax. An electric lamp would be permissible in certain limited circumstances. TABERNACLE OLIVE OIL

258. Liturgy - zlitur405.htm - Elevating the Host and Chalice Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father provides rubrical instruction, as well as rules of thumb, for the three elevations during Mass. GENUFLECTION PATEN EUCHARIST

259. Liturgy - zlitur473.htm - Empty Tabernacle at a Bishop's Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The tabernacle is empty when the Metropolitan or local Ordinary celebrates, as "a sign that Christ grants the Eucharist through the episcopal ministry as the fullness of the priesthood and so reflects the Church's nature as a sacramental communion." PONTIFICAL MASS BLESSED SACRAMENT

260. Liturgy - zlitur425.htm - Ending a Homily Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While there is no prohibition against ending a homily with the trinitarian formula, it is probably better to end it with an exhortation or prayer of intercession. EUCHARIST

261. Liturgy - zlitur166.htm - Ending the Morning and Evening Prayer Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no blessing at the end of Morning Prayer when Mass follows, nor at the end of Evening Prayer when Benediction follows. BLESSED SACRAMENT BREVIARY LITURGY OF THE HOURS

262. Liturgy - zlitur168.htm - Ensuring Enough Hosts for Good Friday Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Regarding the extra Hosts consecrated on Holy Thursday for Good Friday, it is preferable they be consecrated in the same church where the Good Friday liturgy is to be celebrated. VENERATION ADORATION WAY OF THE CROSS MASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER MAUNDY THURSDAY EASTER VIGIL

263. Liturgy - zlitur130.htm - Enthronement of Gospel Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although the Book of the Gospels is treated with honor during the Liturgy of the Word, enthronement of the Gospel is not "foreseen" as taking place during Mass. LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

264. Liturgy - zlitur403.htm - Epiclesis in Eucharistic Prayer I Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While it may appear that, in Eucharistic Prayer I, the epiclesis of consecration is performed twice, the first is actually a blessing of the elements before consecration. ROMAN CANON EPICLESIS OF COMMUNION INVOCATION

265. Liturgy - zlitur131.htm - Episcopalian Eucharist Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A Catholic is not permitted to receive Communion at a Protestant liturgical celebration: to do so would be to testify in favor of a defective understanding of the Eucharist. EPISCOPAL HOLY ORDERS

266. Liturgy - ZLITUR43.HTM - Eucharist for Non-Catholics ZENIT
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is not possible to give Communion to Protestants, except in certain clearly defined cirumstances. VALIDITY PRIESTHOOD SACRAMENTS

267. Liturgy - zlitur245.htm - Eucharist vs. the Word Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no competition between Scripture and the Eucharist; the Eucharist is the goal toward which Scripture points. WORD MASS BIBLE

268. Liturgy - ZLITUR40.HTM - Eucharistic Prayer for the Celebrant(s) Alone? Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Eucharistic Prayer is reserved to the priest-celebrant alone, among other reasons, because Christ is the ultimate celebrant, and the priest represents Him to the congregation. MASS SACRIFICE PRIESTHOOD CHURCH

269. LITURGY - VENDLATN.TXT - Eucharistic Prayer In Latin Fr. J. Michael Venditti
An announcement which Fr. J. Michael Venditti read to his congregation at a Mass where he celebrated the Eucharistic prayers in Latin. Gives a brief background of the Church's desire to preserve Latin in the Sacred Liturgy. VENDITTI LATIN VERNACULAR

270. Liturgy - zlitur536.htm - Eucharistic Prayers for Children Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father responds to a question on whether the three Eucharistic Prayers for Children from an earlier translation of the Missal may still be used until a new translation is provided. LATIN ROMAN MISSAL

272. Liturgy - zlitur305.htm - Eucharistic Prayers for Reconciliation Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On use of Eucharistic Prayers for Reconciliation during Lent, they may be used either with their own prefaces or with the Lenten prefaces. However, the Lenten prefaces must be used on Sundays of Lent, during the Fifth Week, and in Holy Week. EUCHARISTIC PRAYER IV LITURGICAL YEAR

273. Liturgy - zlitur603.htm - Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In answer to a question regarding the Sacred Triduum, Father rehearses a brief history, noting that the Mass of the Lord's Supper began to be celebrated on Holy Thursday evening under Pius XII. CHRISM MASS EASTER VIGIL EGERIA HOLY OILS PUBLIC PENANCE CONCELEBRATION WASHING OF FEET

274. Liturgy - KNEEBOW.HTM - Every Knee Should Bow--But When? Helen Hitchcock & Susan Benofy
"Controversy over posture during the liturgy came to the fore
during the American bishops' discussions of the proposed ICEL
revision of the Sacramentary. Though many liturgists had urged a
change of posture to standing throughout the Liturgy of the
Eucharist, including the Eucharistic Prayer, surveys of bishops
showed that there was little support for such a change."
Increasing urgency among liturgists to overturn the
custom of kneeling (for the Eucharistic Prayer and
Communion) may reflect their concern that a custom
assumes the force of law after 30 years. An article
from Adoremus Bulletin, June 1999. REAL PRESENCE
BISHOPS' COMMITTEE ON LITURGY (BCL) COMMUNION ROMAN
MISSAL MARYKNOLL MISSAL

275. LITURGY - LTRGYRED.TXT - Excerpts on the Liturgy Pat Moore
A few citations of authoritative sources concerning the duty of a celebrant to read the liturgy as written in the missal. Uploaded by Pat Moore.

276. Liturgy - zlitur396.htm - Exorcism of Salt and Water Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although the exorcism of salt and water, to be mixed in forming Holy Water, is not provided for in the current Book of Blessings, the Holy Father has permitted the use of rites in effect in 1962. SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM RITUALE ROMANUM UNIVERSAE ECCLESIAE EXTRAORDINARY FORM

277. Liturgy - zlitur157.htm - Explaining the Mass During Mass Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There are four moments when brief explanations of what is taking place in the Mass may be offered. EDUCATION CATECHESIS

278. Liturgy - ZLITUR71.HTM - Exposition During Stations of the Cross Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While there is no restriction on following the Way of the Cross when the Blessed Sacrament is in the Tabernacle, during exposition, the Sacrament should be the focus of attention. BENEDICTION STATIONS OF THE CROSS

279. Liturgy - ZLITUR15.HTM - Exposition of the Eucharist by a Layperson? ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. Solemn exposition is reserved to a priest or deacon, but a simple exposition may be done in certain circumstances by an authorized extraordinary minister of Holy Communion. BENEDICTION ADORATION HOLY HOUR

280. Liturgy - zlitur360.htm - Exposition of the Precious Blood Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Exposition of the Precious Blood is not permitted on Holy Thursday, or at any other time. MAUNDY THURSDAY BLESSED SACRAMENT TABERNACLE PYX MONSTRANCE SACRED VESSELS

281. Liturgy - zlitur272.htm - Extent of a Bishop's Authority Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A Bishop has a authority to limit options offered by the Roman Missal, such as celebrating Mass facing East, for serious pastoral reasons, but not to establish these amendments as particular law. AD ORIENTEM

282. Liturgy - zexdev.htm - External Signs of Devotion by the Faithful Father Juan Silvestre
Father Silvestre, professor of liturgy at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross and a Consultor of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, examines the meaning of such physical gestures as genuflections, bows, and kneeling, in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. REVERENCE CATECHESIS

283. Liturgy - zlitur310.htm - Extra Kneeling; Monstrance on Holy Thursday Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The rubrics do not call for kneeling during the penitential rite in Lent; solemn adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is forbidden past midnight when Good Friday begins, because the Church's attention is then directed to the Cross. HOLY THURSDAY MONSTRANCE

284. Liturgy - zlitur336.htm - Extraordinary Form; Book of Blessings Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Recent changes to the discipline of the celebration of the sacraments, e.g., female altar servers, lay extraordinary ministers, are not to be introduced into the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. MASS ROMAN RITUAL SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM INVOCATIVE CONSTITUTIVE LITURGICAL BLESSINGS

285. Liturgy - zlitur250.htm - Extraordinary Ministers and Both Species of Communion Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Other considerations, than preference for distribution of Holy Communion by ordinary ministers, should determine whether distribution is under both kinds, requiring the use of extraordinary ministers. WINE PRECIOUS BLOOD CHALICE

287. LITURGY - 05730B.TXT - Exultet Catholic Encyclopedia
The hymn in praise of the paschal candle sung by the deacon, in the liturgy of Holy Saturday.

288. Liturgy - zlitur204.htm - Face-to-Face Confessions, and Other Queries Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Responding to a list of traditional practices departing from the liturgical norms or customs since Vatican II, Father tells which are permissable. CONFESSION COMMUNION INTINCTION KISS OF PEACE ALTAR SERVERS FEMALE LECTORS BENEDICTION AD ORIENTEM

289. Liturgy - zlitur517.htm - Faculties to Absolve From Censures Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In reply to a question of whether certain religious orders have been given the faculty to lift censures reserved to the Holy See, Father answers in the affirmative, mentioning the Jesuits, Franciscans, Dominicans, and Servites. ABORTION EXCOMMUNICATIONS SUSPENSIONS INTERDICTS

291. LITURGY - FALLMEET.TXT - Fall 1996 Meeting of NCCB WFF
This report, of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops semi-annual meeting in Washington, DC, November 1996, appeared in the December 1996 issue of "Voices", a publication of Women for Faith & Family.

292. Liturgy - zlitur368.htm - Fasting Before Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The law of fasting, one hour before Communion, is the same for priests as for the laity. ABSTINENCE PIUS XII AUGUSTINE

293. Liturgy - zlitur350.htm - Faulty Trinitarian Formula Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While an erroneous Trinitarian formula would render a baptism invalid, it would probably not render invalid a profession of vows, since a specific mention of the Trinity is not required. IN FORMA ABSOLUTA SACRAMENTAL FORM

294. LITURGY - FSTBEN.TXT - Feast of St. Benedict at Solesmes Sacred Music
A reminiscence of the Feast of St. Benedict as celebrated at the Abbey of Solesmes, illustrating the richness of the Catholic Gregorian tradition. Sacred Music Vol. 117, No. 2, Summer 1990. SOLESMES BENEDICT GREGORIAN CHANT SACRED MUSIC

295. LITURGY - EPIPHANY.HTM - Feast of the Epiphany and of the Three Holy Kings Rev. Alban Butler
January 6 - A festival principally solemnised in honour
of the discovery of Jesus Christ by the Magi, or wise
men; who, soon after his birth, by a particular
inspiration of Almighty God, came to adore him and bring
him presents.

296. Liturgy - zlitur476.htm - Feast of the Immaculate Conception Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. When a holy day, falling on a Sunday, is transferred to Saturday or Monday, the obligation to attend both Masses remains, unless the obligation for the holy day is dispensed. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ADVENT SUNDAY

297. Liturgy - ZLITUR19.HTM - Female Altar Servers ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. The Holy See permits famale servers, while commending the custom that reserves the role to boys. VOCATIONS MASS EUCHARIST

298. Liturgy - zlitur283.htm - Female Servers in the Extraordinary Form Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In the extraordinary form, the restriction of altar servers to males would seem to remain in force. MASS LATIN ROMAN MISSAL 1963

299. LITURGY - FEMDISS.TXT - Feminist Dissent, Human Sexuality, and the Liturgy Fr. Jerry Pokorsky
Why do those who dissent from traditional Church teachings regarding human sexuality also reject official norms for the celebration of the Mass? This is no coincidence.

300. Liturgy - zlitur498.htm - First Communion, Without Pomp Father Edward McNamara LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A special celebration for First Communion is not necessary (First Communion may be received at any Mass), though it is a laudable practice for the subjective impression it makes. EUCHARIST SACRAMENTS BAPTISM INFANTS CONFESSION DISCRETION AGE OF REASON VIATICUM EXTREME UNCTION

301. Liturgy - zlitur525.htm - First Friday Devotion and First Friday Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father responds to the question whether Communion on Good Friday (there being no Mass) suffices to meet the requirement of nine consecutive First Fridays in devotion to the Sacred Heart. PHILIP KEMPER ST MARGARET MARY

302. Liturgy - zlitur463.htm - First Friday Devotion to Sacred Heart Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. When a priest is not available for Mass on a First Friday, a Communion Service may be arranged for on that day. SACRED HEART MARGARET MARY PRIVATE REVELATIONS

303. Liturgy - zlitur593.htm - Fisherman's Ring Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to the question of whether the Fisherman's Ring worn by the Pope was actually worn by St. Peter, Father explains that the Pope's ring probably originated with the practice of conferring an episcopal ring at the ordination of bishops in general, sometime in the 7th century. CHAIR PETER'S CHAINS

304. Liturgy - zlitur384.htm - For All vs. For Many Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The fact that, in some countries, the change in translation of pro multis, from "for all" to "for many," as not yet arrived, would not justify a priest staying with the former translation, in a country where the change has been mandated. CONSECRATION CUP CHALICE

305. Liturgy - zlitur110.htm - Formula at Priest's Funeral Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As interpolations in general are not permitted in the liturgy, so an interpolation in the Eucharistic Prayer at a priest's funeral is out of place. BAPTISM ORDINATION HOLY ORDERS REQUIEM MASS

306. LITURGY - FRANCAL.TXT - Franciscan Calendar of Saints Thomas McGinnis
This file contains the feast days and names of the Franciscan saints for the Church Year. SAINTS FRANCISCAN CALENDAR

307. Liturgy - zlitur286.htm - Frequency of the Extraordinary Form Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There are various ways in which celebration according to the extraordinary form, if desired, may be harmonized with the ordinary celebration of Mass in the parish. SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS

308. Liturgy - zlitur457.htm - Frequent Confession Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father responds to a question regarding frequent confession: what should one confess when one is not conscious of having sinned either venially or mortally since his last confession. FORGIVENESS ROUTINE REPETITION CONSCIENCE

309. Liturgy - zlitur398.htm - Friday Abstinence and Local Solemnities Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. When a parish patronal festival falls on a day of abstinence and is celebrated as a solemnity in that parish only, one may visit the parish and eat meat on that day, though properly only if attending the patronal Mass also. PENANCE ASH WEDNESDAY GOOD FRIDAY PATRON SAINT

310. Liturgy - zlitur280.htm - Funeral Masses Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Funeral Masses are withheld from notorious apostates, heretics, and schismatics; those who chose cremation for reasons contrary to the Faith; other manifest sinners for whom funeral Masses could not be celebrated without scandal. IRREGULAR MARRIAGES SUICIDES ANNIVERSARY MASSES NONCATHOLICS BAPTISM CATECHUMENS NONCHRISTIANS

311. Liturgy - zlitur506.htm - Funeral Masses by Another Name Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A Funeral Mass may also be called a "Mass of Christian Burial," but "A Celebration of Life" obscures the function of Catholic funerals, which is to "intercede for the soul of the deceased and console those who remain with the light and strength of the faith." REQUIEM BEREAVED DEATH

312. Liturgy - zlitur106.htm - Funeral Masses for a Suicide Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Suicide does not automatically debar a person from a Funeral Mass and Religious Burial. Cases are examined individually.

313. Liturgy - zlitur580.htm - Funeral Palls Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although the funeral pall, covering the coffin, originally had a practical purpose, it has come to represent the deceased's baptism, in which case, white is the preferred color. CATAFALQUE CRUCIFIX FLAG SYMBOLS PALLIUM BLACK VESTMENTS

315. Liturgy - zlitur519.htm - Gathering Space Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father explains what the "gathering space" is in a church building, its history and function. NARTHEX VESTIBULE PORCH PARADYSUS CATECHUMENS PENITENTS

316. Liturgy - zlitur118.htm - General Absolution at a Nursing Home Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Proximity of a large number of people in a nursing home gathered for Mass does not warrant a general absolution. Confessions can be heard beforehand in the patients' rooms. PENANCE RECONCILIATION

317. Liturgy - zlitur606.htm - Genuflecting to the Cross Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to the charge that Veneration of the Cross on Good Friday is idolatry, Father explains that the cross in this ceremony represents Christ, the tabernacle being empty and images veiled, until celebration of the Resurrection. ADORATION WORSHIP GENUFLECTION HOLY SATURDAY EASTER VIGIL CRUCIFIX

318. Liturgy - zlitur424.htm - Genuflections and Ciboria Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Where practicable, the faithful should receive from hosts consecrated in the same Mass. No genuflection is called for when removing ciboria for Communion from a tabernacle behind the altar, since Christ is already present on the altar. BLESSED SACRAMENT

319. Liturgy - zlitur508.htm - Genuflections by Concelebrants Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Concelebrants genuflect both before receiving the host and before receiving the chalice, when both are received at the altar. CONCELEBRATION DEACONS COMMUNION EUCHARIST PRECIOUS BLOOD AGNUS DEI

320. Liturgy - zlitur87 - Genuflections by Concelebrants Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. If concelebrants approach the altar to receive the Body and Blood, then they genuflect at the altar before receiving. If the paten and cup is passed to them, they do not genuflect. EUCHARIST MASS COMMUNION

321. Liturgy - zlitur502.htm - Gestures at the Gospel Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to the question of whether it is proper for the laity to make the three-fold sign of the cross on their forehead, mouth, and breast before the reading of the Gospel, Father quotes the GIRM to the effect that it is. CARMELITES DEACON MASS

322. Liturgy - zlitur537.htm - Giving More Than One Host to a Communicant Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "While it is customary to give a single host to each communicant, there can be variations according to particular necessity." EUCHARIST SICK HOLY WEEK NURSING HOME

323. Liturgy - zlitur183.htm - Gloria's Sin and Agnus Dei's Sins Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no difference in the Latin original, being peccata (sins) in each instance, but only in the English translations. MASS EUCHARIST

324. Liturgy - ZLITUR47.HTM - Gluten-free Hosts Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Church does not have authority to alter a sacrament instituted by Christ. But a person with celiac disease may receive the Precious Blood or possibly a very low-gluten (0.01%) bread recently approved. EUCHARIST MASS COMMUNION

325. Liturgy - zlitur197.htm - Gospel Acclamation, Before and After Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On whether a Gospel Acclamation is sung after, as well as before the Gospel, the answer is, not normally. ALLELUIA

326. Liturgy - zlitur559.htm - Gospel and Homily in Spanish and English Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In a bilingual parish, a priest unconversant in the second language may have his homily or the Gospel read by a laymen simultaneous with his own delivery. MULTILINGUAL SPANISH SERMON

327. Liturgy - ZLITUR42.HTM - Gospel Reflection by a Layperson? Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A layperson may not give a homily or any substitution for the homily at Mass. EUCHARIST MASS SERMON

328. Liturgy - ZLITUR14.HTM - Gregorian Chant in the Parish ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. "Gregorian chant may be used in any parish, even when Mass is celebrated in the vernacular." MASS EUCHARIST GIRM MISSAL MUSIC

330. Liturgy - zlitur337.htm - Gregorian Masses; Multiple Intentions Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Gregorian Masses (a series of 30 consecutive celebrations for a particular intention) may not be offered if a previously announced intention would interrupt the series. STIPENDS INTENTIONS RELIGIOUS PARISH PRIESTS MOS IUGITER

331. LITURGY - GROREV.TXT - Growth or Revolution? Fr. Robert Skeris
This article, by Fr. Robert Skeris, is taken from Sacred Music, Volume 118, Number 4, Winter 1991. Fr. Skeris discusses the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council. SKERIS VATICAN COUNCIL II LITURGY SACRED MUSIC

332. Liturgy - zlitur290.htm - Guarding Against Swine Flu Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Bishop does have the authority to place restrictions, in response to a pandemic, on "passing the peace," receiving Communion on the tongue, receiving from the Chalice, and even attendance at Mass.

333. Liturgy - zlitur436.htm - Hand Sanitizer at Communion Time Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "Health situations and concrete possible dangers change from year to year, and the pastoral response must change according to the situations." HOLY COMMUNION EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS FLU INFECTION

334. Liturgy - zlitur413.htm - He Descended into Hell Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father explains why the literal translation of "he descended into hell," was restored in the Apostles' Creed in the new English transation of the Roman Missal. DEAD HADES SHEOL ABRAHAM'S BOSOM

335. Liturgy - zlitur174.htm - Head Coverings for Women Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Canon Law no longer requires women to cover their heads in church, because it no longer has the same cultural significance as it had in St. Paul's day. MODESTY LONG HAIR

336. Liturgy - zlitur276.htm - Healing Masses Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Celebration of the Mass for the Sick is permitted, as provided in the Roman Missal, but prayers for the sick may not be inserted in a Mass where not liturgically provided. CANON LAW EXORCISM

337. Liturgy - zlitur224.htm - Hearing Confessions During Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is not forbidden for confessions to be heard during Mass, if by a priest other than the celebrant. PENANCE RECONCILIATION

338. Liturgy - chaphillen.htm - Hillenbrand Distinguished Lecture Archbishop Charles Chaput, OFM Cap
This is a slightly shortened version of the lecture given by the Archbishop of Denver at the Liturgical Institute of the University of St Mary of the Lake on 24 June 2010. The Archbishop shows how "active participation" in the liturgy entails making our lives a liturgy, offering all we do for the glory of God and the salvation of souls. NOVUS ORDO TRIDENTINE HAGIA SOFIA EVANGELIZATION EUCHARIST MASS SACRIFICE MARTYRS

339. Liturgy - zlitur574.htm - History of Deaconesses Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to a question on the disappearance of deaconesses in the Catholic Church, Father gives a longish quotation from the International Theological Commission's study of the role of deaconesses in the early Church. DEACON DIAKONIA DIAKONOS DIACONISSA WIDOWS NUNS ORDINATION BAPTISM ABBESS MONTANISM

340. Liturgy - zholyweek.htm - History of Holy Week ZENIT
The roots of the liturgical observance of Holy Week go back to the second century. In this interview, Benedictine Father Juan Javier Flores Arcas, president of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Rome, explains the history of Holy Week. TRIDUUM EASTER VIGIL GOOD FRIDAY HOLY THURSDAY CHRISM MASS

341. LITURGY - BOYTWN.TXT - History of Music at Boys Town Msgr. Francis Schmitt
Article by Msgr. F. Schmitt on the history of music at Boys Town, specifically the significance of the boys town collection of sacred music. From Sacred Music Vol. 117, No. 1, Spring 1990. BOYS TOWN COLLECTION SACRED MUSIC

342. LITURGY - 01362A.TXT - History of the Christian Altar Catholic Encyclopedia
The Christian altar consists of an elevated surface, tabular in form, on which the sacrifice of the Mass is offered.

343. LITURGY - 01362A.ZIP - History of the Christian Altar Catholic Encyclopedia
The Christian altar consists of an elevated surface, tabular in form, on which the sacrifice of the Mass is offered.

344. Liturgy - ZLITUR10.HTM - Holding Hands at the Our Father? ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. There is no liturgical norm calling for hand-holding during the Our Father, and there are reasons against it. EUCHARIST ORANTES LORD'S PRAYER

346. Liturgy - zlitur406.htm - Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "Holy Ghost" and "Holy Spirit" were used interchangeably prior to Vatican II, though "Holy Ghost" predominated. After Vatican II, "Holy Spirit" has come to predominate, largely because of current popular associations with the word "ghost." GEIST GAST DOUAY-RHEIMS KING JAMES VERSION BIBLE

347. Liturgy - zlitur470.htm - Holy Hours Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A simple, silent Holy Hour is generally possible, when the Sacrament is reposed in the tabernacle. When there is a prolonged exposition, there are further opportunities for silent adoration. BENEDICTION EUCHARIST EUCHARISTICUM MYSTERIUM

348. Liturgy - SENSACRD.HTM - Holy Liturgy and the Sense of the Sacred Bishop Štefan Vrablec
Bishop Vrablec, Auxiliary Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia, President of the Slovak Liturgical Commission, draws on Redemptionis Sacramentum and other Church documents to explain we must have a correct and dignified celebration of the Holy Eucharist to "acquire a deeper perception of the mystery and to broaden the dimensions of the sacred." MASS PRIESTS LAY MINISTERS FAITHFUL

349. LITURGY - 10068A.TXT - Holy Thursday Catholic Encyclopedia
The feast of Maundy (or Holy) Thursday solemnly commemorates the
institution of the Eucharist and is the oldest of the observances
peculiar to Holy Week.

350. Liturgy - zlitur259.htm - Holy Water, Abstinence and Mimes Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Holy Water fonts not to be emptied in Lent until the Triduum; Friday abstinence in Lent, on pain of sin, venial or mortal; mimes allowed at extraliturgical events, not at Mass. GRAVE MATTER

351. Liturgy - zlitur479.htm - Homilies at Communion Services Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Outside of Mass, in the absence of a priest or deacon, a competent layperson may preach during a Liturgy of the Word if authorized by the diocesan bishop. CANON LAW REDEMPTIONIS SACRAMENTUM HOLY COMMUNION

352. Liturgy - ZLITUR45.HTM - Homilies While Walking? Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The GIRM does not strictly forbid walking while preaching the homily, though if it draws attention away from the message to the priest's personality, it tends toward showmanship. MASS EUCHARIST SERMON

353. Liturgy - zlitur497.htm - Homilies, Written or Not Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A homily should always be preached from the heart, though not necessarily by heart. Reading from a prepared text is fine, providing it is clear, well ordered, and according to faith. HOMILIST PREACHING SERMON

354. Liturgy - zlitur624.htm - Honoring Eastern Orthodox Saints Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In reply to a question about celebrating Masses in honor of Eastern Orthodox Saints, Father says that any Saints so honored by Eastern Catholic Churches can be so honored by the Latin Church. MARTYROLOGY BLESSEDS AKATHISTOS PARACLESIS THEOTOKIA BYZANTINE

355. Liturgy - zlitur246.htm - Honoring the Book of the Gospels Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. If a Book of the Gospels in the vernacular of the Mass is not available, the Book in another language may be shown the honors approved by the Bishops of that country. AMBO INDIA ARATHI LECTIONARY

356. Liturgy - ZLITUR21.HTM - Hosts From the Tabernacle ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. Extraordinary ministers are supposed to receive from the hands of a priest or deacon the vessels containing either species of the Holy Eucharist. HOLY COMMUNION POSTURE MASS

358. Liturgy - ZLITUR36.HTM - How Brides Should Dress Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "Many dioceses and even parishes do have guidelines in order to respect Christian values such as modesty and a respect for the spirit of Christian poverty." WEDDINGS MARRIAGE SACRAMENT

359. Liturgy - zlitur548.htm - How Far to Extend the Hands at Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to the question of how far a priest should extend his hands when celebrating the Mass, Father writes that the rubrics of the ordinary form do not specify, but the rubrics of the extraordinary form are a good guide. TERTULLIAN PRAYER ANTE PECTUS

360. Liturgy - zmusong.htm - How to Celebrate/2: Music and Song Father Paul Gunter, O.S.B.
In his reflection on music in the liturgy, Father Gunter, Professor at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Rome, notes three criteria necessary for music and song to achieve their liturgical purpose: “beauty expressive of prayer, the unanimous participation of the assembly at the designated moments, and the solemn character of the celebration” (CCC 1157). PIPE ORGAN STRING WIND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS

361. Liturgy - zsignsymb.htm - How to Celebrate?/1: Signs and Symbols, Words and Actions Uwe Michael Lang, CO
Father Lang, an Official of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, explains the importance of signs and symbols in divine worship. RITES CEREMONIES MASS EUCHARIST COVENANT SENSES

362. Liturgy - constrhomily.htm - How to Construct a Homily Gaetano Piccolo
Published in L'Osservatore Romano is an article on the construction of homilies, written in Italian, entitled "The Santa Marta effect: the homily is fashionable again". The article, written by the Jesuit professor of theoretical philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian Uniersity, appeared in Vita e Pensiero. IMAGES RHETORIC ABELARD THEOLOGICAL LANGUAGE

363. Liturgy - zlitur115.htm - How to Understand Purification Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The word "purification" here refers to preparation of sacred vessels for further use by reverently consuming all traces of Christ's Body and Blood. MASS EUCHARIST ABLUTIONS

364. Liturgy - zlitur605.htm - Hymns at Communion Time Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As to which hymns are suitable for Communion time, the Communion antiphons should provide the guidelines. ROMAN GRADUAL LITURGICAL CHANT ST AMBROSE LENT

365. Liturgy - zlitur345.htm - I Now Declare You Man and Wife Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The words "I now declare you man and wife" were never a part of the Catholic wedding ceremony. A similar Latin formula, still existing in the Extraordinary Form, was dropped in the Ordinary Form, as suggesting that the priest was the minister of the sacrament, rather than the consenting partners. VALIDITY BLESSING MATRIMONY

366. LITURGY - FR94103.TXT - Ideology and Liturgy:Worship as the Cult of Community Rev. Robert A. Skeris
In a lecture to the 1993 Liturgical Music Colloquium, Fr. Skeris provides some reflections upon liturgical problems in the 'ecclesia in mundo hujus temporis' and their relationship to our task of evangelisation within the Church and in the world. This article appeared in the Spring 1994 issue of "Faith & Reason."

367. LITURGY - FR94103.ZIP - Ideology and Liturgy:Worship as the Cult of Community Rev. Robert A. Skeris
In a lecture to the 1993 Liturgical Music Colloquium, Fr. Skeris provides some reflections upon liturgical problems in the 'ecclesia in mundo hujus temporis' and their relationship to our task of evangelisation within the Church and in the world. This article appeared in the Spring 1994 issue of "Faith & Reason."

368. Liturgy - ZLITUR74.HTM - If Confessor Doesn't Know Penitent's Language Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Where penitent and confessor lack a common language, the confessor may make a prudential judgment as to the sincerity of the penitent's confession, or an interpreter may be used. PENANCE RECONCILIATION

369. Liturgy - zlitur385.htm - If Not Ready for the New Missal Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The date for the introduction of the new English translation of the Roman Missal is determined by the bishops' conferences of the various English-speaking countries. If, for economic or other reasons, a country is not ready, it is up to their bishops' conference to set a later date. PHILIPPINES PAPUA NEW GUINEA FORMATION

370. Liturgy - zlitur618.htm - If the Wrong Hour Is Prayed Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. If a cleric or religious, in praying the Divine Office, mistakenly prays the wrong hour, he is not bound to go back and recite the right hour, but should proceed with the correct office in the following hours. LITURGY OF THE HOURS CALENDAR ORDO

371. Liturgy - zlitur604.htm - Illumination at the Easter Vigil Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to the question of when the people's candles are to be lit at the Easter Vigil, Father cites the rubric that they are to be lit from the Paschal Candle after the second "Lumen Christi." GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO ALTAR CANDLES LAMPS EXSULTET IMAGES UNVEILED

372. Liturgy - zlitur634.htm - Image of Parish Patron Above the Tabernacle Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In answer to the question of whether it's permitted to place an image of the parish patron above the tabernacle, Father says that's not strictly forbidden, but opines that it's not a good idea, as it may distract from focus on the Eucharist. SACRED ART VENERATION STATUES PAINTINGS RELICS COMMUNION OF SAINTS ICONS

374. LITURGY - INGBAS.TXT - Inaugurating a New Basilica Duane Galles
This article was taken from Sacred Music, Vol. 118, Number 3, Fall 1991. 'Basilicas are special pastoral centers with peculiar bonds linking them with the Roman See and the Supreme Pontiff. They have the duty of . . . making generous provision for the Sacrament of Penance, and [of] disseminating the teachings of the Supreme Pontiff and of the Holy See whether in the pulpit or through special lectures.' GALLES BASILICA HOLY SEE SACRED MUSIC PENANCE

375. Liturgy - zlitur655.htm - Incensing of Deacons Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. No special incensation of deacons is provided for; they are incensed with the people. TRANSITIONAL PERMANENT DEACONS CEREMONIAL OF BISHOPS

376. Liturgy - zlitur256.htm - Incensing the Congregation Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In the Roman rite, the congregation is incensed by a deacon, instituted acolyte, or altar server, in order of preference. THURIFER THURIBLE INCENSE CONCELEBRANTS

377. Liturgy - zlitur528.htm - Incensing the Easter Candle Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Easter candle is prescribed to be incensed only at the Easter Vigil, before the Exsultet, though it may be incensed whenever incense is used in the entrance procession. CROSS DOUBLE SWINGS

380. Liturgy - zlitur467.htm - Indulgences at the Point of Death Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father affirms that a priest can grant an apostolic blessing on behalf of the Pope to one on the point of death, granting a plenary indulgence. VIATICUM TEMPORAL PUNISHMENT PURGATORY PARDON REMISSION

381. Liturgy - zlitur138.htm - Indulgences on Sold Items Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Indulgences are lost on the sale of an item. Whether a donation, instead of a price, preserves the indulgence depends on the purpose of the distributor, charitable or for personal gain. BLESSED OBJECTS

382. Liturgy - zlitur289.htm - Indult for 3 Daily Masses? Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The canonical norm is that no more than two Masses may be celebrated by a priest on weekdays, and no more than three on Sundays and holy days of obligation. BINATION TRINATION SATURDAYS VIGILS

383. Liturgy - zlitur356.htm - Infant Baptism in Lent Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although infant baptisms may be discouraged in some parishes during Lent, viewed as a season of preparation for Baptism, there is no canonical stricture against it. EASTER VIGIL SUNDAY

384. Liturgy - zlitur546.htm - Inscriptions on Liturgical Items Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Memorial inscriptions may be placed on processional banners, as on sacred vessels and other liturgical objects, but in an unobtrusive place. CHALICE CIBORIUM

385. Liturgy - zlitur532.htm - Inserts Into Eucharistic Prayers Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A bishop may not add or insert other prayers into the Eucharistic Prayers without two-thirds approval of the bishops' conference and confirmation from Rome. Special prayers may be included in the Prayer of the Faithful. DAY OF PRAYER HOMILY COADJUTOR AUXILIARY BISHOPS

386. Liturgy - zlitur233.htm - Interpreting Liturgical Norms Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Liturgical laws are generally understandable to non-experts, though on disputed questions authentic interpretations may be provided by the Congregation for Divine Worship. CANON LAW ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY FORM GIRM

388. Liturgy - zlitur659.htm - Interrupting a Mass for Confessions Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. No, it is not permissible for a celebrating priest to interrupt Mass to hear confessions. PENANCE RECONCILIATION SPIRITUAL DIRECTION SACRAMENTAL SEAL

389. Liturgy - zlitur429.htm - Interrupting the Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As it is not licit to celebrate parts of the Mass at different times or in different places, so it is not licit to interrupt the Mass for discussion or any other purpose. NORMS REDEMPTORIS SACRAMENTUM

390. Liturgy - HoyosInterview - Interview following FSSP Ordinations - 30 May 2008 Darío Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos
On the Feast of the Sacred Heart, His Eminence Dario Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos ordained 4 deacons of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter to the priesthood at the Cathedral of Lincoln, Nebraska. Later, the Cardinal gave the following interview, which has been transcribed from a recording by EWTN. LATIN TRADITIONAL MOTU PROPRIO EXTRAORDINARY FORM LITURGY FRATERNITY FSSP SSPX

392. LITURGY - MAYER.TXT - Interview with Card. Mayer Fr. John T.
Zuhlsdorf
Dec. 4, 1993 interview with Augustin Cardinal Mayer, O. S. B., former prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and first head of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, by Fr. John T. Zuhlsdorf. Fr. Zuhlsdorf and Cardinal Mayer discuss the liturgy, sacred music and the state of the Church. From Sacred Music, Summer 1994. MAYER ZUHLSDORF

393. LITURGY - MAYER.ZIP - Interview with Card. Mayer Fr. John T.
Zuhlsdorf
Dec. 4, 1993 interview with Augustin Cardinal Mayer, O. S. B., former prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and first head of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, by Fr. John T. Zuhlsdorf. Fr. Zuhlsdorf and Cardinal Mayer discuss the liturgy, sacred music and the state of the Church. From Sacred Music, Summer 1994. MAYER ZUHLSDORF

395. Liturgy - zlitur636.htm - Intinction for Concelebrants Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In reply to a question regarding the reception of Holy Communion by intinction, on the part of concelebrants at a Mass in St Peter's Square, Father notes that it is uncommon in the US, but it is provided for in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal. PURIFICATOR PRECIOUS BLOOD CHALICE SACRED PARTICLE

396. Liturgy - zintrorites.htm - Introductory Rites Unite Priest and Congregation Father Paul Gunter, OSB
In this article, by Benedictine Father Paul Gunter, a professor of the Pontifical Institute of Liturgy Rome and Consulter to the Office of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, we learn of the priest's preparation at the beginning of Mass, and of the people's preparation to enter with the priest into this holy Mystery. See Index Page. FORMULA OF INTENTION EXTRAORDINARY ORDINARY FORM DOMINUS VOBISCUM PENITENTIAL RITE COLLECT

397. Liturgy - zlitur194.htm - Invoking Old Testament Figures Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The historical process by which the liturgical calendar was formed accounts for the absence of feast days honoring Old Testament Saints. ROMAN CANON

398. LITURGY - IRISHSOC.TXT - Irish Society of St. Cecilia K. A. Daly
This file is about the bulletin, 'Lyra Ecclesiastica', published by the Irish Society of St. Cecilia and its importance as a historical document. This article appeared in the Summer 1993 issue of 'Sacred Music.' SACRED MUSIC IRISH PALESTRINA LYRA

399. LITURGY - IRISHSOC.ZIP - Irish Society of St. Cecilia K. A. Daly
This file is about the bulletin, 'Lyra Ecclesiastica', published by the Irish Society of St. Cecilia and its importance as a historical document. This article appeared in the Summer 1993 issue of 'Sacred Music.' SACRED MUSIC IRISH PALESTRINA LYRA

400. LITURGY - CMADED.TXT - Is the Church Music Association Dead? Fr. Robert Skeris
An editorial on the present existence of the Church Music Association (publishers of the periodical Sacred Music), pronounced dead by Msgr. Francis P. Schmitt at Duquesne University. By Fr. Skeris, from Sacred Music, Vol. 117, No. 1, Spring 1990. SACRED MUSIC CHURCH MUSIC ASSOCIATION SCHMITT SKERIS ASSOCIATIONS

401. Liturgy - ZLITUR11.HTM - Is the Consecration Gradual? ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. The change from bread and wine to Body and Blood is not gradual, but instantaneous. MASS EUCHARIST TRANSUBSTANTIATION BELLS

402. LITURGY - BYZMARIO.TXT - Is There a Byzantine Mariology? Bro. John Samaha
This file by Bro. Samaha, covers three areas of the Byzantine Marian heritage: the place of Mary in liturgical tradition, the development of the veneration of the Mother of God, and a synthetic view of its theological significance.

403. Liturgy - zlitur640.htm - Kiss of Peace Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to the charge that the Kiss of Peace is poorly timed in the Eucharistic celebration, Father points out that it has been in this position since Pope Gregory the Great in the 6th century. HOLY COMMUNION SIGN OF PEACE

404. Liturgy - zlitur420.htm - Kissing at the Sign of Peace Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The manner in which the sign of peace is given at Mass may vary according to local custom, where approved by the Conference of Bishops. HANDSHAKE KISS

405. Liturgy - zlitur225.htm - Kissing the Hands of a New Priest Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Kissing the hands of a newly ordained priest, still practiced in some places, signifies veneration for the priesthood, particularly associated with priestly hand gestures. ORDINATION ANOINTING CHRISM HOLY ORDERS BISHOPS INDULGENCE

406. LITURGY - KNEEL.TXT - Kneeling Gerald Hofman
This article is taken from Sacred Music, Vol. 118, No. 4, Winter 1991. Why are people being instructed to remain standing, even during the consecration? HOFMANN KNEELING CONSECRATION POSTURE SACRED MUSIC

407. LITURGY - KNEELING.TXT - Kneeling & Faith in the Eucharist Fr. Regis Scanlon
Fr. Regis Scanlon maintains that to exclude all acts of 'latria' from the Eucharist would be to refuse to acknowledge the Incarnation. He says that the best testimony to the Real Presence (kneeling) is facing elimination. He addresses the issues of whether or not we should kneel for the Consecration and whether or not it is proper to genuflect before receiving the Blessed Sacrament. This article was taken from the August/September 1994 issue of "The
Homiletic & Pastoral Review."

408. LITURGY - KNEELING.ZIP - Kneeling & Faith in the Eucharist Fr. Regis Scanlon
Fr. Regis Scanlon maintains that to exclude all acts of 'latria' from the Eucharist would be to refuse to acknowledge the Incarnation. He says that the best testimony to the Real Presence (kneeling) is facing elimination. He addresses the issues of whether or not we should kneel for the Consecration and whether or not it is proper to genuflect before receiving the Blessed Sacrament. This article was taken from the August/September 1994 issue of "The
Homiletic & Pastoral Review."

409. Liturgy - zlitur367.htm - Kneeling at the Final Prayer Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The usual procedure in the Ordinary Form of the Mass is for the people to stand, rather than kneel, for the final blessing, likewise for the prayers in a solemn blessing. BOWING

410. Liturgy - zlitur316.htm - Kneeling Through the Doxology Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Whereas in other countries, the people stand after the Mysterium Fidei in the Eucharistic Prayer, the Holy See approved the tradition in the U.S. of remaining kneeling through the Doxology, because it was the established custom. GIRM AMEN CANON CONCELEBRATION

411. Liturgy - zlitur494.htm - Knowledge of Latin Father Edward McNamara LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In order for a priest to validly and worthily celebrate a Mass in the extraordinary form, he should be able to pronounce the Latin correctly and have at least a general understanding of its meaning. LATIN MASS REDEMPTIONIS SACRAMENTUM CONCELEBRATION

412. Liturgy - latinvernac.htm - Latin and Vernacular: Language in the Roman Liturgy Cardinal Francis Arinze
Cardinal Francis Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, delivered the this Keynote Address at the Gateway Liturgical Conference which was held in St Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., 11 November 2006. In his address, the Cardinal emphasized the privileged place of Latin in the Roman Rite, and summarized the principles of good translation to the vernacular. LITURGY LITURGICAL ABUSES GREGORIAN CHANT VATICAN II VOX CLARA LANGUAGE PRAYER

413. Liturgy - zlitur611.htm - Latin in the Liturgy of the Hours Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In answer to the question of whether Latin may be used in the Liturgy of the Hours along with vernacular languages, the answer is yes. BOWING DIVINE OFFICE HYMNS CANTICLES

414. Liturgy - zlitur632.htm - Latin Priests and the Anglican Rite Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father replies to a question regarding the right of any Latin-rite priest to celebrate Mass privately according to Divine Worship: The Missal. ANGLICANORUM COETIBUS AMBROSIAN RITE HISPANIC-MOZARABIC RITE

415. Liturgy - zlitur529.htm - Lay Ministers Wearing a Deacon's Stole Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is not permitted for an extraordinary minister of holy Communion to wear a stole or any other vesture reserved to a Priest or Deacon. VOCATIONS SACRED ORDERS LAYPERSONS VESTMENTS ALB

416. Liturgy - zlitur213.htm - Lay Preaching on Good Friday Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although the Good Friday celebration is not a Mass, the homily is still reserved to an ordained minister. TRIDUUM MAUNDY HOLY THURSDAY

417. Liturgy - zlitur521.htm - Laying On of Hands at Ordinations Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. At the ordination of a priest, only the ordaining bishop, among bishops present, should lay hands on the candidate and recite the consecratory prayer. Priests who are present also lay hands on the ordinand, not to ordain, but to signify his acceptance into the presbyterate. DEACONS DIACONATE PRIESTHOOD HIPPOLYTUS

418. Liturgy - zlitur203.htm - Layman's Gestures During Eucharistic Prayer Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As to whether laymen should imitate the celebrant, "the general principle involved in gestures that accompany prayers is that they are performed only by those who actually say the words." MASS

419. Liturgy - zlitur208.htm - Laypeople Distributing Ashes Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There seems to be no prohibition against a lay person helping to distribute ashes during Mass, provided they have been blessed by a priest. BLESSINGS ASH WEDNESDAY

420. Liturgy - zlitur279.htm - Laypeople's Use of Oil Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "In no instance may the non-ordained [extraordinary ministers] perform anointings either with the Oil of the Sick or any other oil." ANOINTING OF THE SICK EXTREME UNCTION CHAPLAIN MINISTRY

421. LITURGY - DISCHANT.TXT - Learning the Discipline of Chant W. Patrick Cunningham
This article argues for the reclaiming of Gregorian chant by the Church before it is completely appropriated by the New Age. Taken from the July/August 1996 issue of "Fidelity" magazine.

422. Liturgy - zlitur85.htm - Leavened vs. Unleavened Bread Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Leavened bread (without special permission) is not licit matter for the Latin Rite, though it is licit for Eastern Rite Churches. For validity, the bread, whether leavened or unleavened, must be made from wheat. MASS WINE MUSTUM

423. Liturgy - zlitur231.htm - Leaving Right After Communion Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Leaving Mass right after Communion shows a lack of respect to God, and a lack of understanding of one's part in the worship and mission of the Church. INDIVIDUALISM THANKSGIVING

424. Liturgy - zlitur111.htm - Lector in an Irregular Relationship Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is not permissable for a person who is impeded from receiving Communion to have a public role in the liturgical assembly. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS SCANDAL

425. Liturgy - zlitur549.htm - Length of a Weekday Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. According to longstanding custom, a weekday Mass should take about 30 minutes. LIGUORI EUCHARIST IN PERSONA CHRISTI PRIEST AMBROSE HOMILY

426. Liturgy - ZLITUR32.HTM - Let the Little Children Run? Father Edward McNamara
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers common questions on liturgical norms. "There should be a certain degree of balance between the presence of families at Mass and the overall atmosphere of reverence proper to the celebration." Also, Father addresses questions on the liturgical instruction, Redemptionis Sacramentum, regarding use of extraordinary ministers, joining other rites to the Mass, and gifts at the Offertory. FAMILY EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION OFFERTORY OFFERINGS

427. LITURGY - OUTINLAN.TXT - Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi: The Outrage of Inclusive Language Msgr. Richard J. Schuler
This article by Msgr. Richard J. Schuler was originally given as an address at the conference marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Saint Paul, Minnesota, chapter of Catholics United for the Faith (CUF), April 16,1994.) and was later published in the Summer issue of 'Sacred Music.' INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE SCHULER LITURGY TRANSLATION

428. Liturgy - zlitur99.htm - Lighted Candles at the Lectern Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no authorization of lighted candles at at the ambo, during Liturgy of the Word, and it tends to blur the traditional distinction between reading of the Gospel and other scripture readings. EUCHARIST MASS BOOK OF THE GOSPELS

429. Liturgy - zlitur387a.htm - Lighting the Advent Candles Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While there is no prescribed order in which candles of the Advent wreath should be lit (whether to the left or the right of the first candle), the same order should be followed consistently. ROSE CANDLE LUTHERANS

430. Liturgy - zlitur265.htm - Lighting the Easter Candle Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. During Eastertide, the Paschal candle is lit for "liturgical acts celebrated with some degree of solemnity." BLESSED SACRAMENT BENEDICTION EXPOSITION

431. Liturgy - zlitur359.htm - Limited Veneration of the Cross Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although the Veneration of the Cross by all the faithful individually is preferable, other alternatives are countenanced. GOOD FRIDAY

432. LITURGY - LISTLITU.TXT - Listening & Liturgy Rev. Peter T. MacCarthy
'The purpose of the liturgy is to manifest our perception of God and our response to Him. It is theocentric rather than homocentric.' This article appeared in the Fall 1993 issue of 'Sacred Music.' SACRED MUSIC LITURGY MACCARTHY

433. LITURGY - LMREF.TXT - Liturgical and Musical Reforms Robert Skeris
An editorial assessing the relative success of liturgical and musical reform in the United States, and what to do about the shortcomings, by Fr. Skeris, from Sacred Music, Vol 117, No. 4, Winter 1990. LITURGY REFORM SACRED MUSIC SKERIS VATICAN II CHANGE

434. Liturgy - ZLITUR52.HTM - Liturgical Dancing Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Liturgical dancing, although permitted in some African and Asian cultures, is not permitted in the West because of its profane associations there. DANCE MASS EUCHARIST

436. LITURGY - LITDIR.TXT - Liturgical Directives Clementine Lenta
A compilation of excerpts from various Church documents that pertain to different questions on the liturgy. Very helpful for those who suffering from liturgical abuses in their parish.

437. LITURGY - LITDIR.ZIP - Liturgical Directives Clementine Lenta
A compilation of excerpts from various Church documents that pertain to different questions on the liturgy. Very helpful for those who suffering from liturgical abuses in their parish.

438. Liturgy - litdressratz.htm - Liturgical Dress According to Ratzinger Juan Manuel de Prada
Pope Benedict's liturgical dress is shown to be part of the larger liturgical tradition. The Holy Father's restoration of certain of these items is intended to make the liturgy more comprehensible to the people of our time. PARAMENTS RESURRECTION GUARDINI CAMAURO SATURNO

439. Liturgy - zlitur284.htm - Liturgical Garb for Habit-Wearers Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A priest wearing a religious habit should cover it with an alb and, if necessary, an amice when celebrating Mass. VESTMENTS SURPLICE CHASUBLE STOLE HOOD

440. LITURGY - RESTOR.TXT - Liturgical Music and the Restoration of the Sacred Fr. Robert Skeris
Taken from Sacred Music, Vol. 118, No. 2, Summer 1991. This paper was given as the keynote lecture at the symposium held at Christendom College, Front Royal, VA, USA, June 28-30, 1991. SKERIS SACRED MUSIC LITURGY SYMPOSIUM

441. LITURGY - RESTOR.ZIP - Liturgical Music and the Restoration of the Sacred Fr. Robert Skeris
Taken from Sacred Music, Vol. 118, No. 2, Summer 1991. This paper was given as the keynote lecture at the symposium held at Christendom College, Front Royal, VA, USA, June 28-30, 1991. SKERIS SACRED MUSIC LITURGY SYMPOSIUM

442. LITURGY - FR91300.TXT - Liturgical Music and the Restoration of the Sacred Rev. Robert A. Skeris
The following address opened a Colloquium on Musica Sacra at Christendom College, June 28-30, 1991. Taken from the Fall 1991 issue of "Faith & Reason".

443. LITURGY - FR91300.ZIP - Liturgical Music and the Restoration of the Sacred Rev. Robert A. Skeris
The following address opened a Colloquium on Musica Sacra at Christendom College, June 28-30, 1991. Taken from the Fall 1991 issue of "Faith & Reason".

444. LITURGY - FR92303.TXT - Liturgical Music and the Restoration of the Sacred Rev. Robert A. Skeris
Keynote address at the annual Liturgical Music Colloquium held at Christendom College on June 25, 1992. Taken from the Fall 1992 issue of "Faith & Reason".

445. Liturgy - zliturvest.htm - Liturgical Vestments and the Vesting Prayers Father Mauro Gagliardi
In this article, Father Mauro Gagliardi, a consultor of the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, explains the prayers the celebrant says while vesting for the liturgy. See Index Page. IN PERSONA CHRISTI AMICE ALB GIRDLE CINCTURE MANIPLE STOLE CHASUBLE

446. Liturgy - litworshjp2.htm - Liturgical Worship in Honour of Blessed John Paul II CDW
In view of the Beatification of John Paul II — presided over by his Successor Benedict XVI on 1 May 2011 in St Peter's Square — the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has issued a Decree regulating liturgical worship in honour of the new Blessed, which was signed on 2 April and written in Latin. An English translation follows. LITURGICAL YEAR CALENDAR FEAST MEMORIAL

447. Liturgy - zlitur553.htm - Liturgies of the Word in Workplaces Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Rather than celebrate some form of the Liturgy of the Word in the workplace, it is suggested that the Liturgy of Hours be celebrated instead. WEEKDAYS MORNING PRAYER EVENING PRAYER EUCHARIST RCIA WORD OF GOD

448. LITURGY - BISPRING.TXT - Liturgy Occupies Bishops at Spring Meeting Susan Benofy and Helen Hull Hitchcock
A report on the National Conference of Catholic Bishops [NCCB] Spring meeting in Portland, OR June 20-22, 1996, which concerned the proposed revisions of the Roman Missal, Segments V and VI.

449. LITURGY - 08371A.TXT - Liturgy of Jerusalem Catholic Encyclopedia
The Rite of Jerusalem is that of Antioch. That is to say, the Liturgy that became famous as the use of the patriarchical church of Antioch, that through the influence of that Church spread throughout Syria and Asia Minor, and was the starting point of the development of the Byzantine rite, is itself originally the local liturgy, not of Antioch, but of Jerusalem. It is no other than the famous liturgy of St. James.

450. Liturgy - zlitur621.htm - Liturgy of the Hours Revisited Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On whether a priest is strictly obliged to pray the Divine Office, Father answers that the obligation to pray the Liturgy of the Hours is inherent in Holy Orders. BREVIARY

451. Liturgy - ZLITURG1.HTM - Liturgy: Are Glass Chalices OK for Mass? ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. Though not strictly prohibited, glass is of doubtful suitability for a chalice. EUCHARIST PRECIOUS BLOOD

452. LITURGY - WHATMEAN.TXT - Liturgy: What Does It Mean? Fr. Christopher Maxwell-Stewart
Fr. Christopher Maxwell-Stewart explains the nature of the liturgy, emphasizing it as an integral part of our family relationship with God, fulfilled in Christ, and designed to impress Christ's personality on ourselves. Taken from the July 1996 issue of FAITH Magazine.

453. Liturgy - zlitur552.htm - Local Customs vs. Liturgical Law Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "If there are local traditions and customs in areas where the GIRM is silent or less specific, then it would be possible to follow the local tradition." LOCAL LAW GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN MISSAL CANON LAW DIVINE LAW LITURGICAL ABUSES

454. Liturgy - zlitur652.htm - Main Celebrants Without Chasubles Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Regarding vestments at Mass, "The vestment proper to the Priest celebrant at Mass, and in other sacred actions directly connected with Mass unless otherwise indicated, is the chasuble, worn over the alb and stole." MONASTIC COWL

455. Liturgy - zlitur383.htm - Managing a Large Missal Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. For the introductory rites at Mass, a chapel edition of the Missal could be more easily held by a server than the larger, heavier altar edition. PODIUM RUBRICS

457. Liturgy - zlitur273.htm - Marian Hymns at Offertory Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Marian hymns at the offertory are not inappropriate, particularly if a Marian feast is being celebrated, or the feast of a Saint noted for Marian devotion. MASS PRESENTATION OF GIFTS

458. Liturgy - zlitur211.htm - Marian Masses in Lent and Advent Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. During Advent or Lent, substitution of Masses from the Collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for the Masses assigned in the General Roman Calendar, is normally permitted only at Marian shrines. VOTIVE MASSES

459. Liturgy - zlitur379.htm - Marian Prayers Before the Blessed Sacrament Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Praying the Rosary before the Blessed Sacrament is entirely proper, since the Rosary itself, although ostensibly Marian, focuses on the Mysteries of Christ. MARY EXPOSITION

460. Liturgy - zlitur421.htm - Mass and Benediction Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. If the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for a period of adoration after Communion at Mass, the final blessing and dismissal are omitted. INCENSE

461. Liturgy - zlitur579.htm - Mass and Disparity-of-Cult Marriages Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As to whether a nuptial Mass is permitted in a disparity-of-cult marriage, it is usually better to avoid any difficulties and celebrate these weddings outside of Mass. MIXED MARRIAGE INVALID IMPEDIMENT NON-CATHOLIC BISHOP EASTERN CHRISTIANS

462. Liturgy - zlitur560.htm - Mass Celebrated Toward the Altar Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As to whether the priest celebrant is required to face the people during Mass, or may face the apse, the decision should be made based on logistical and pastoral considerations. EUCHARIST SACRIFICE AD ORIENTEM VERSUS POPULUM

463. Liturgy - ZLITUR79.HTM - Mass for Unbaptized Children Who Die Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "...the celebration of funeral rites for an unbaptized child usually requires the permission of the local bishop who considers the pastoral circumstances involved." LIMBO CATECHISM

464. Liturgy - zlitur90.htm - Mass in 2 Languages Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Mass in more than one language at a time should have a "congruent reason," "usually involving a special occasion drawing members of two or more nationalities for the celebration." Latin for the common, along with the vernacular for the rest of the Mass, is always permissible. EUCHARIST HYMNS

465. Liturgy - zlitur569.htm - Mass Intentions Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to the question whether Mass may be offered for other intentions than for the dead, Father answers in the affirmative, citing many examples from the Roman Missal. STIPEND

466. Liturgy - ZLITUR70.HTM - Mass Intentions Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Any Catholic may offer a Mass at which he/she attends for any good intention, but special graces result from the offering of Mass by a priest for the same intention. EUCHARIST STIPEND

467. LITURGY - MASS.TXT - Mass of the Western Rites Dom Cabrol
Published in 1934 by Sands & Company. This book comprises a study of the Latin or Mass of the Western Rites; that is, of the Mass as celebrated in Africa, Gaul, Spain, Great Britain, and Northern Italy and in the other Latin countries in the Middle Ages, as well as in Rome. The historical development of the Roman liturgy from the fifth to the twentieth century is also covered. GREEK SYNAXIS DIDACHE ANAPHORA ORIENTAL OCCIDENTAL CELTIC MASS LYON CARTHUSIAN BEN

468. LITURGY - MASS.ZIP - Mass of the Western Rites Dom Cabrol
Published in 1934 by Sands & Company. This book comprises a study of the Latin or Mass of the Western Rites; that is, of the Mass as celebrated in Africa, Gaul, Spain, Great Britain, and Northern Italy and in the other Latin countries in the Middle Ages, as well as in Rome. The historical development of the Roman liturgy from the fifth to the twentieth century is also covered. GREEK SYNAXIS DIDACHE ANAPHORA ORIENTAL OCCIDENTAL CELTIC MASS LYON CARTHUSIAN BEN

469. Liturgy - zlitur366.htm - Mass With the Society of St. Pius X Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While the Masses celebrated by priests of the Society of St Pius X are valid, they are illicit. They should be attended by the faithful only if no other Catholic Mass is available. EXTRAORDINARY FORM PENANCE MATRIMONY SCHISM

470. Liturgy - zlitur165.htm - Masses for Non-Catholic Officials Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Masses may be offered for non-Catholic officials without necessarily being offered for their intentions. POLITICS

471. Liturgy - zlitur234.htm - Masses for Priestly Vocations Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As a stipended intention, Mass may be offered for priestly vocations as a stipended intention any day of the year, excepting All Souls' Day, but there are restrictions on when the liturgical form for vocations may be used. HOLY ORDERS LITURGICAL CALENDAR CANON LAW

472. Liturgy - zlitur445.htm - Masses for the Election of a Pope Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. To the question of whether the Mass for the Election of a Pope may be celebrated, in place of the Mass of the day, in Lent, Father replies in the affirmative, with the Bishop's permission, though not on the Sundays of Lent, Easter, solemnities, Ash Wednesday, or the weekdays of Holy Week. CARDINALS CONCLAVE GIRM

473. Liturgy - zlitur176.htm - Masses for the Living and the Dead Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Masses for the living are more effective in this regard, that they can increase a person's sanctity, while Masses for the dead can only speed their purification. PURGATORY SANCTIFICATION

474. Liturgy - ZLITUR63.HTM - Masses in Honor of the Blessed Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Mass may be celebrated in honor of a Blessed in a locale where the Holy See has authorized his/her inclusion in a diocesan, regional, or national calendar, or, if the Blessed belonged to a Religious Order, in chapels or oratories of that Order anywhere in the world. BEATIFICATION MEMORIALS

475. Liturgy - zlitur646.htm - Masses on One's Own During Triduum Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On whether an elderly priest may offer Mass in his own apartment during the Sacred Triduum, according to Father McNamara, "on Holy Thursday, and for the Mass of the Easter Vigil, it is not permitted to celebrate Mass individually." CONCELEBRATION CHRISM MASS COMMUNION

476. Liturgy - zlitur641.htm - Masses on Saturday Evenings Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father responds to a question on whether the liturgy of the Mass on a Saturday evening must be that of the Sunday. Whether or not the Sunday liturgy is used, a Saturday evening Mass fulfills the Sunday obligation. BISHOPS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES

477. Liturgy - zlitur275.htm - Masters of Ceremonies Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A master of ceremonies is not, properly speaking, "in charge" of a celebration, but it is his responsibility to see that it is carried out with grace, simplicity, and order. MASS BISHOPS PRIESTS BLESSING EXTRAORDINARY MINISTER

478. Liturgy - zlitur404.htm - Masters of Ceremonies at Papal Events Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father explains the role of the papal Master of Ceremonies, and of his assistants, at liturgical celebrations where the Pope presides. APOSTOLIC VISITS OFFICE OF LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS SEDE VACANTE PAPAL HOUSEHOLD

479. Liturgy - zlitur638.htm - Materials for Sacred Vessels Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In reply to a question regarding materials for sacred vessels, Father says that bishops' conferences may legislate which are suitable for local use, exclusive of those criticized in Redemptionis Sacramentum. NOBLE METALS HOLY COMMUNION MASS VERNACULAR CALENDAR RECOGNITIO CULTURE RELIGIOUS SACRED FURNISHINGS

480. Liturgy - zlitur220.htm - May Crownings of Mary Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The order of crowning in the Rites of the Catholic Church, which is done once by a Bishop or his delegate, is not the same as the annual May crowning, for which no official rite is provided. DEVOTIONS EASTER

481. Liturgy - piccwycross.htm - Meditations for the Way of the Cross Sr Maria Rita Piccione, OSA
The meditations on the Way of the Cross, at which Benedict XVI presided on Good Friday, 22 April 2011, were written by Sr Maria Rita Piccione, OSA, President of the Our Lady of Good Counsel Federation of Augustinian Monasteries in Italy. This is a translation of the meditations, which were written in Italian. AUGUSTINE HEART TRUTH FALL MARY SIMON OF CYRENE VERONICA COMPUNCTION SUFFERING NAKEDNESS CRUCIFIXION MOTHER GARDEN

482. Liturgy - zlitur161.htm - Membership in the Masons Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Membership in the Masons is still forbidden to Catholics on account of the fundamental principles on which the organization is founded. CANON LAW

483. Liturgy - zlitur294.htm - Mentioning Bishops in the Eucharistic Prayers Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Only those bishops with pastoral authority in the diocese are mentioned by name in the Eucharistic Prayer, usually only the diocesan and one coadjutor or auxiliary. GIRM MASS

484. Liturgy - zlitur374.htm - Mentioning Names at Communion Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is not licit for the priest (or other minister of Holy Communion) to address the communicant by name, thereby adding to the formula, "The Body of Christ." MASS EUCHARIST GIRM INTINCTION BYZANTINE

485. Liturgy - zlitur191.htm - Mentioning the Mass Intention Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is not required, but appropriate that the celebrant mention the primary intention for which a Mass is being offered, particularly if the person requesting the Mass is present. STIPEND FUNERAL MASS

486. Liturgy - zlitur535.htm - Mentioning the Saint of the Day Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Whenever Eucharistic Prayer III is used, the Saint of the day can be recalled. SUNDAY PATRON SAINT OBLIGATORY MEMORIAL FEASTS

487. Liturgy - ZDOOR.HTM - Message of Jubilee Holy Door ZENIT
Virgilio Cardinal Noe, who is responsible for the Fabric of St. Peter's Basilica, reveals the secrets of the
Holy Year's great symbol, the Holy Door.

488. LITURGY - MEXVAT.TXT - Mexico City III and Vatican II Duane Galles
A comparison of the local council of Mexico City III and Vatican II, with respect to the implementation and enforcement of decrees reforming sacred music, by Duane L. C. M. Galles, from Sacred Music, Vol 117, No. 4, Winter 1990. SACRED MUSIC MEXICO CITY VATICAN II SIXTEENTH CENTURY MUSIC REFORM GALLES

489. Liturgy - zlitur251.htm - Midnight Mass and 9 p.m. Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although the readings may be chosen from any of the four Masses for Christmas, the Midnight Mass ought not to be anticipated. MISSAL LECTIONARY

490. Liturgy - zlitur510.htm - Ministering to Ebola Patients Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father cites Canon Law with regard to anointing of the sick, and advises how it may be applied to patients suffering from Ebola. SACRAMENT OF THE SICK COMMUNION CONFESSION SUNDAY MASS

491. Liturgy - zlitur533.htm - Ministers at the Liturgy of the Hours Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "Each one, minister or layperson, who has an office to perform, should do all of, but only, those parts which pertain to that office." PRIEST DEACON PSALMODY PSALMS SEMINARY BLESSING

492. Liturgy - zlitur570a.htm - Ministries of Lector and Acolyte Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father gives instructions for the conferral of these lay ministries and lists their duties. MINOR ORDERS REMUNERATION DIACONATE

493. LITURGY - MISROMAN.TXT - Missale Romanum Joseph Pope
The object of this article, taken from HPR, is to show that the Latin rite used for the celebration of the Mass by those members of the Catholic Church who come under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of the West was not formed or brought into use by a decree of the Council of Trent. Mr. Pope shows that it 'was an unbroken tradition of about twelve hundred years of use of virtually identical prayers and a tradition of more than 1,500 years of use of any number of

494. Liturgy - zlitur600.htm - Missals on the Altar Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The missal is not to be placed on the altar before the offertory except when the celebrant lacks assistance from another minister. PAPAL MASS PRESENTATION OF GIFTS

495. Liturgy - zlitur243.htm - Missing or Faulty Forms of Absolution Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A shortened form of absolution, containing the words, "I absolve you from your sins," would be valid, though the full formula should normally be used. CONFESSION PENANCE RECONCILIATION

496. Liturgy - zlitur487.htm - Mixing Ashes of the Dead Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is not acceptable for Catholics to mingle cremated remains for a funeral, although it is acceptable for the ashes to be placed in receptacles side by side, so that, when the receptacles disintegrate, the ashes would mingle after burial. CREMATION RESURRECTION BODY

497. Liturgy - zlitur160.htm - Mixing Blessed and Unblessed Oils Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In case of necessity, any priest may bless new oil for Anointing of the Sick, but only in actual celebration of the sacrament. EXTREME UNCTION

498. Liturgy - zlitur349.htm - Mixing the Forms Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The mixing of the ordinary and extraordinary forms of the Roman Rite is not permitted, however, rubrics for the extraordinary form may provide guidance where the ordinary form is vague. MASS EUCHARIST MANIPLE PALL MISSAL

499. Liturgy - zlitur113.htm - Moms Giving First Communion Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is not lawful, and conveys the wrong message, for mothers to give their children First Communion. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS

500. Liturgy - zexternsigns.htm - More Than Words: External Signs of Faith by the Celebrant Father Nicola Bux
Father Bux, professor of Eastern Liturgy in Bari and consultor of the Congregations for the Doctrine of the Faith, for Saints' Causes, for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, as well as of the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations, reflects on the meaning conveyed by the manner in which the words and actions of the liturgy are expressed. GENUFLECTIONS HUMILITY MASS GIRM SACRED VESSELS

501. Liturgy - zlitur623.htm - Morning Prayer and the Our Father Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "The custom of the short readings in the offices is that they are read or chanted with no introduction or ending." LITURGY OF THE HOURS SCRIPTURE LORD'S PRAYER

502. Liturgy - zlitur633.htm - Multiple Anoliontings of the Sick Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In multiple anointings of the sick, the sacramental form must be repeated for each individual. EXTREME UNCTION OIL SACRAMENTS BAPTISM CONFIRMATION ORDINATION MATRIMONY

503. Liturgy - zlitur645.htm - Multiple Communions on Good Friday Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On whether a priest may receive multiple Communions on Good Friday, although a priest must communicate at any Mass he celebrates, this is not a Mass, and so there is no need for him to communicate at every celebration. PASSION EASTER TRIDUUM

504. LITURGY - MUSISPIR.TXT - Music and Spirituality Fr. Basil Cole
Listening to beautiful music may dispose one to the contemplation of faith, since it mirrors the infinite beauty of God Himself. Sacred music must arouse devotion, and not merely pleasure. Taken from the May 1995 issue of 'Homiletic & Pastoral Review.' COLE MUSIC CONTEMPLATION SACRED

505. Liturgy - zlitur441.htm - Music During the Eucharistic Prayer Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Songs should not be interpolated in the Eucharistic Prayer without specific approval from the Holy See. BISHOP BRAZIL NATIONAL ANTHEM MILITARY

506. LITURGY - MUSBAS.TXT - Music for the Basilica Duane Galles
A fascinating tour through the Church's legislation regarding the duties of basilicas to be not only showcases of Catholic architecture but of Sacred Music as well. By Duane L. C. M. Galles, from Sacred Music, Vol. 117, No. 2, Summer 1990. BASILICA ARCHITECTURE SACRED MUSIC LEGISLATION CHURCH LITURGY

507. LITURGY - MUSBAS.ZIP - Music for the Basilica Duane Galles
A fascinating tour through the Church's legislation regarding the duties of basilicas to be not only showcases of Catholic architecture but of Sacred Music as well. By Duane L. C. M. Galles, from Sacred Music, Vol. 117, No. 2, Summer 1990. BASILICA ARCHITECTURE SACRED MUSIC LEGISLATION CHURCH LITURGY

508. LITURGY - 10001A.TXT - Music of the Mass Catholic Encyclopedia
Under this heading will be considered exclusively the texts of the Mass which receive a musical treatment. These texts comprise those which are sung by the celebrant and the sacred ministers and which are styled "Acceuntus"; and those which are assigned to the choir and which are styled "Concentus".

509. LITURGY - 10001A.ZIP - Music of the Mass Catholic Encyclopedia
Under this heading will be considered exclusively the texts of the Mass which receive a musical treatment. These texts comprise those which are sung by the celebrant and the sacred ministers and which are styled "Acceuntus"; and those which are assigned to the choir and which are styled "Concentus".

510. LITURGY - MMM.TXT - Music, Mood and Midwifery:An Account of a Diocesan Music Conference Susan Benofy
A report on a recent music and liturgy conference sponsored by the St. Louis Archdiocesan Office of Music Ministry and the Archdiocesan Music Commission.

511. Liturgy - zlitur581.htm - Muslims' Presence at Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father responds to a question of when the Church began to allow the unbaptized to remain through the Mass. CATECHUMENS BAPTISM EASTERN RITES

512. Liturgy - zlitur496.htm - Muslims' Views in Lieu of a Homily Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Apart from the incompatibility of Muslim and Christian belief, it is not permitted for a layman to give or speak in place of the homily. MOHAMMED QURAN REVELATION PROPHET CREED

513. Liturgy - zlitur304.htm - Need for Annual Confession Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The precept of the Church that we must confess our sins at least once a year, is not limited to those who have committed mortal sin. CONFESSION CANON LAW CATECHISM VENIAL SIN RECONCILIATION

514. LITURGY - NEWBOK.TXT - Needed: A New Book on Ceremonies Sacred Music
The editors of Sacred Music call for a new book of ceremonies for Catholic worship. Sacred Music, Vol. 117, No. 1, Spring 1990. CEREMONIES BOOK SACRED MUSIC

515. Liturgy - zlitur266.htm - New Priests Blessing Bishops Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father responds to several questions on diverse topics, sent from a priest in Bangladesh. A Bishop may ask for the first blessing of a priest he has ordained, but it does not form part of the rites. ORDINATION DEACONS LITURGY OF THE HOURS INCENSE BOOK OF THE GOSPELS BENEDICTION PALLIUM

516. Liturgy - zlitur453.htm - Newly Ordained as Concelebrant Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In reply to a question of whether newly ordained priests are concelebrants in their ordination Mass, Father answers, Yes. "All the presbyters concelebrate with the bishop in their ordination Mass." EXTRAORDINARY FORM CONCELEBRATION CANON

517. Liturgy - ZLITUR12.HTM - Non-Catholics Distributing the Precious Blood ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. Non-Catholics are not normally permitted to take a liturgical role the Holy Eucharist. MASS COMMUNION LECTOR ECUMENISM

518. Liturgy - zlitur260.htm - Non-Catholics Preaching the Seven Last Words Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Good Friday reflection on the Seven Last Words is not an appropriate venue for ecumenical or interreligious dialogue. ECUMENICAL DIRECTORY JEWISH PROTESTANT EASTERN ORTHODOX

520. Liturgy - zlitur459.htm - Non-celebrating Priests Reading the Gospel Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Gospel should be read by a deacon or, in his absence, a priest other than the celebrant. If, however, a deacon or another priest is not present, the priest celebrant himself should read the Gospel. HOMILY PREACHER

521. Liturgy - zlitur143.htm - Non-liturgical Music in Cathedrals Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On the permissability of non-liturgical music in cathedrals, it may be permitted by the Ordinary in individual cases, though if only not contrary to the sacred character of the place. SACRED MUSIC

522. Liturgy - zlitur206.htm - Non-ordained Presider Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A layperson may, for good reason, be seated in the sanctuary, but he may not preside at Mass. HIERARCHY PRESIDER RELIGIOUS

523. Liturgy - zlitur185.htm - Novenas and Devotions During Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Novenas, nonliturgical litanies, etc., may be recited immediately before or after Mass, but they should not be introduced into the Mass itself. DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET PIOUS DEVOTIONAL EXERCISE EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

524. Liturgy - zlitur649.htm - Number of Tabernacles on Parish Grounds Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "In most cases that there should be only one tabernacle in the same church." EUCHARIST ORATORY SANCTUARY RESERVATION EUCHARISTIC ADORATION CHAPEL

525. Liturgy - zlitur91 - Obedience to a Priest Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The presumption should be that directions from a priest are correct in liturgical and devotional matters, though there is no obligation to obey if he contradicts the Church's liturgical norms. MASS KNEELING CONSECRATION ROSARY

526. Liturgy - zlitur543.htm - Obligation for Evening Prayer I of Sundays Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father explains exemptions from a priest's obligation for Evening Prayer I of Sundays, in particular, when he has celebrated Saturday evening Masses. VIGIL MASSES DIVINE OFFICE LAUDS VESPERS

527. Liturgy - zlitur386.htm - Obligation of the Liturgy of the Hours Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Since the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours belongs to the public worship of the Church, priests and transitional deacons are morally bound to celebrate it, unless prevented by reasonable cause, on a daily basis. CANON LAW MORTAL SIN ORDINATION PSALMS DIVINE OFFICE

528. Liturgy - zarsceleb.htm - Observance of Liturgical Norms and Ars Celebrandi Father Mauro Gagliardi
This is the last article of the Spirit of the Liturgy series, which has been directed by Father Mauro Gagliardi, a consultor of the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff and professor of theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum of Rome. This article concerns the importance of the observance of the liturgical norms and the "ars celebrandi." LITURGICAL ABUSES VATICAN II JOHN PAUL II LITURGICAL RENEWAL MASS EUCHARIST

529. LITURGY - 11217A.TXT - Offertory Catholic Encyclopedia
The rite by which the bread and wine are presented (offered) to God before they are consecrated and the prayers and chant that accompany it. This file presents the history of this rite through the early 20th century.

530. LITURGY - READAPR.ZIP - Office of Readings for the Month of April Various
The Second Reading taken from The Office of Readings> for every day in the month of April. Published by the Daughters of St. Paul, 50, St. Paul's Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA 02130.

531. LITURGY - READDEC.ZIP - Office of Readings for the Month of December Various
The Second Reading taken from "The Office of Readings" for every day in the month of December. Published by the Daughters of St. Paul, 50 St. Paul's Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA 02130.

532. LITURGY - READFEB.ZIP - Office of Readings for the Month of February Various
The Second Reading taken from "The Office of Readings" for every day in the month of February 1997. Published by the Daughters of St. Paul, 50 St. Paul's Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA 02130.

533. LITURGY - READJAN.ZIP - Office of Readings for the Month of January Various
The Second Reading taken from "The Office of Readings" for every day in the month of January 1997. Published by the Daughters of St. Paul, 50 St. Paul's Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA 02130.

534. LITURGY - READMAR.ZIP - Office of Readings for the Month of March Various
The Second Reading taken from "The Office of Readings" for every day in the month of March1997. Published by the Daughters of St. Paul, 50 St. Paul's Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA 02130.

535. LITURGY - READNOV.ZIP - Office of Readings for the Month of November Various
The Second Reading taken from "The Office of Readings" for every day in the month of November. Published by the Daughters of St. Paul, 50 St. Paul's Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA 02130.

536. LITURGY - READOCT.ZIP - Office of Readings for the Month of October Various
The Second Reading taken from "The Office of Readings"
for every day in the month of October. Published by the Daughters of St. Paul, 50 St. Paul's Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA 02130.

537. LITURGY - READSEPT.ZIP - Office of Readings September Various
The 2nd Reading from the Office of Readings for every day in the month of September. Uploaded by Roscoe Ellis, published by the Daughters of St. Paul, 50 St. Paul's Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA 02130. OFFICE READINGS SEPTEMBER

538. Liturgy - zlitur159.htm - Office of Readings the Evening Before Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. If the Office of Readings is anticipated on the evening before, it should be read after Vespers for that evening, and preferably before Compline. BREVIARY LITURGY OF THE HOURS

539. Liturgy - zlitur408.htm - Oils in an Emergency Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In case of necessity, a priest can bless any vegetable oil for the anointing of the sick. However, chrism and the oil of catechumens must be blessed by a Bishop. BAPTISM CONFIRMATION ORDINATION OLIVE OIL PARAFFIN

540. Liturgy - zlitur455.htm - Omitting or Adding the Gloria Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. At a Mass of Ordination, the Gloria is sung/said, whether or not it is on a feast or solemnity, unless it is during Lent or Advent. BAPTISM

541. Liturgy - zlitur653.htm - Omitting the Mysterium Fidei Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The words "Mystery of Faith" are omitted when a priest celebrates with none of the faithful present. EXTRAORDINARY FORM MANICHEANS LEO I ROMAN CANON EUCHARISTIC PRAYER QURBANA

542. Liturgy - ZLITUR22.HTM - Omitting the Washing of the Hands ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. "The washing of hands at the end of the offertory rites may never be omitted at any Mass." EUCHARIST GIRM PURIFICATION CATHEDRA

543. Liturgy - zlitur319.htm - On Banners, Overhead Projectors and PowerPoint Displays Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There are few specific laws regarding overhead projectors and powerpoint displays, but the general principle is that nothing be introduced which distracts from the liturgy. ART

544. Liturgy - zlitur182.htm - On Changing the Corporal Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In regard to changing the corporal, the GIRM does not require a new corporal for each Mass, but only that the corporal be folded with due care after Communion, and not left open on the altar. CHALICE CIBORIUM SACRARIUM

545. Liturgy - ZLITURG2.HTM - On Consecrating Wine in a Flask or Bottle ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. While not explicitly forbidden, neither is it authorized to consecrated wine other than in a chalice/cup. MASS EUCHARIST

546. Liturgy - zlitcatway.htm - On Liturgical Norms for the Neocatechumenal Way ZENIT
Liturgical norms issued by the Holy See to the Neocatechumenal Way were the result of more than two years of work, in which seven cardinals participated at the Pope's request. So says Cardinal Francis Arinze, the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, in this interview on Vatican Radio, reported by ZENIT. The cardinal commented on the letter sent by his dicastery in the name of Benedict XVI, 1 December 2005, to leaders of the Neocatechumenal Way and on the Holy Father's address to members of the Way on 12 January 2006. MASS EUCHARIST COMMUNION HOMILY

547. Liturgy - zliveliturgy.htm - On Living the Liturgy ZENIT
In a ZENIT interview, Benedictine Father Juan Javier Flores Arcas, rector of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute, gives a short outline of the structure of the liturgical year. LECTIONARY FERIAS ORDINARY TIME EASTER

548. Liturgy - zlitur248.htm - On Paraliturgies Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Where Bishops' conferences have authorized forms for the community celebration of the Word in the absence of a priest or deacon, this is liturgy, not paraliturgy. A paraliturgy is a celebration with a quasi-liturgical format not determined by Church authority. DIVINE OFFICE LITURGY OF THE HOURS EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION COMMUNITY PIOUS PRACTICES

549. Liturgy - zlitur214.htm - On Pontifical Masses, and the Exultet Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father answers questions on certain ceremonial acts of a Bishop in a Pontifical Mass, and on the singing of the Exultet at the Easter Vigil. CROSIER

550. Liturgy - zlitur584.htm - On Receiving Communion Multiple Times Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "A Catholic may receive Communion a second time only during a Mass which he attends. Outside of Mass a second or even third Communion may only be received as viaticum for the dying." EUCHARIST CODE OF CANON LAW EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS

551. Liturgy - zmeaningMass.htm - On the Meaning of the Mass Father Juan Javier Flores
In a series of interviews with ZENIT, Benedictine Father Juan Javier Flores, president of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Rome, answers some fundamental questions that both believers and nonbelievers ask about the Blessed Sacrament. PASSOVER PASCHAL MYSTERY EUCHARIST SACRIFICE MEMORIAL

552. Liturgy - zlitur571.htm - On Transubstantiation Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father responds to a question on transubstantiation, whether glutin or alcohol in bread and wine belong to the substance or accidents of the eucharistic elements. TRENT HOST MASS CONSECRATION ARISTOTLE PHILOSOPHY SPECIES MUSTUM

553. LITURGY - ECHTODAY.TXT - One Catholic Faith, Many Ways to Life in the Trinity..., Ken Guindon
...Eastern Catholic Churches Today. This file was uploaded by Ken Guidon. CHURCH EASTERN CATHOLIC

554. Liturgy - zlitur357.htm - Options for the Washing of Feet Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In case a priest cannot kneel for the Washing of the Feet, those whose feet are to be washed may be seated on an elevated platform, or else the rite may be omitted. HOLY THURSDAY MASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER

555. Liturgy - zlitur595.htm - Options for Votive Masses Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. To a question regarding options for votive Masses, Father replies, "since the Roman Missal itself indicates when alternative formulas may be used for specific votive Masses, then the option should not be presumed unless specifically given..." IMMACULATE HEART GIRM LITURGICAL YEAR SATURDAYS

559. Liturgy - zlitur169.htm - Origin and Use of the Paschal Candle Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The origin of the paschal candle is ancient, "probably inspired by the Jewish custom of lighting a lamp at the conclusion of the Sabbath." LUCERNARIUM EXULTET EASTER VIGIL

560. Liturgy - zlitur597.htm - Other Liturgical Acts Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father examples of liturgical acts other than the sacraments, Liturgy of the Hours, and religious profession. SACRAMENTALS EXPOSITION BENEDICTION HOLY OILS FUNERALS LECTORS ACOLYTES CONSECRATION OF VIRGINS BOOK OF BLESSINGS EXORCISMS DEDICATION OF CHURCH ALTAR BLESSING OF BAPTISMAL FONT CROSSES BELLS CROWNING OF OUR LADY

561. LITURGY - ENGTRN.TXT - Our English Translations Fr. Robert Skeris
An editorial on the English translations offered by the International Committee for English in the Liturgy (ICEL), occasioned by the publication of the Gregorian Missal by Solesmes Abbey, by Fr. Skeris, from Sacred Music Vol. 117, No. 2, Summer 1990. TRANSLATION ENGLISH LATIN GREGORIAN MISSAL SACRED MUSIC SKERIS ICEL SOLESMES

562. Liturgy - zlitur155.htm - Overdoing the Christmas Decorations Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Christmas trees in the sanctuary are not encouraged, and decorations in general should not distract from the altar and ambo. ADVENT FLOWERS

563. Liturgy - zlitur217.htm - Padre Pio, Monsignor Escrivá and the Roman Missal Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As to why Saints Pio and Escrivá are not included in the Roman Missal, they were canonized after the current edition was published. MARTYROLOGY CANONIZATION OPUS DEI UNIVERSAL CALENDAR

564. LITURGY - PALTRN.TXT - Palestrina Karl Gustav Fellerer
This article, by Karl Gustav Fellerer, was taken from Sacred Music, vol. 118, No. 3, Fall 1991. Originally given as a lecture during his visit to the US in 1965 in preparation for the Fifth International Church Music Congress, this study of Palestrina remains valid and useful for contemporary church musicians. FELLERER PALESTRINA SACRED MUSIC MUSICIANS

565. LITURGY - PALTRN.ZIP - Palestrina Karl Gustav Fellerer
This article, by Karl Gustav Fellerer, was taken from Sacred Music, vol. 118, No. 3, Fall 1991. Originally given as a lecture during his visit to the US in 1965 in preparation for the Fifth International Church Music Congress, this study of Palestrina remains valid and useful for contemporary church musicians. FELLERER PALESTRINA SACRED MUSIC MUSICIANS

566. Liturgy - PLMSUN04.HTM - Palm Sunday - 2004 Fr. Shannon M. Collins
Father Collins of the Fathers of Mercy, resident priest at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Hanceville, Alabama, describes the procession of Christ into the Old Jerusalem as a symbolic entrance into the heavenly Jerusalem, whose gates would be opened by the key of His Cross. LITURGY PASCHAL MYSTERY PASSION CRUCIFIXION

573. Liturgy - JDPARTIC.HTM - Participation Jean Danielou
As the writer observes, Vatican II called on the laity
to take a more active part in the liturgy, as in other
functions of the body of Christ. Their customary
passivity was not consistent with their dignity, nor
with their responsibility to participate in the
Church's mission. An article from November 1968.
MAGISTERIUM MINISTRY

574. Liturgy - zlitur198.htm - Participation in Protestant Events Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Catholics may take part in (other than eucharistic) Protestant services, including reading of lessons. ECUMENICAL DIRECTORY WEDDINGS BAPTISMS FUNERALS

575. Liturgy - zlitur639.htm - Particular Churches and Patronal Feasts Pope Francis
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The patronal feast of a particular church (diocese), or even a parish church, may be celebrated as a solemnity, though taking account of the liturgical order of precedence. CALENDAR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY TRANSFER

576. Liturgy - zlitur415.htm - Pastoral Administrators Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father responds to a question about the role and title of a lay "pastoral administrator," where there is a shortage of priests. CANON LAW ECCLESIAE DE MYSTERIO PRIEST DIRECTOR DEACON HOMILY PREACHING

577. Liturgy - JUBRECON.HTM - Pastoral outreach for the great Jubilee Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua
In preparation for the new millenium, the Archdiocese
of Philadelphia restored thousands of lapsed Catholics
to the Church through a five-phased program, culminating
in a weekend of Reconciliation. PENANCE RECONCILIATION
MILLENIUM JUBILEE PHILADELPHIA

578. Liturgy - zlitur237.htm - Pedophiles and Ordination Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A mental or moral disorder which would disqualify a man from the priesthood, would not invalidate his ordination, if it should take place. SACRAMENTS BAPTISM HOLY ORDERS

579. Liturgy - zlitur585.htm - Penitential Rite and Absolution Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The "absolution" given in the penitential rite at the beginning of Mass is not sacramental and does not of itself declare forgiveness of sins. EXTRAORDINARY RITE PENANCE INDULGENTIAM SIGN OF THE CROSS CONFITEOR

580. Liturgy - zlitur585.htm - Penitential Rite and Absolution Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The "absolution" given in the penitential rite at the beginning of Mass is not sacramental and does not of itself declare forgiveness of sins. EXTRAORDINARY RITE PENANCE INDULGENTIAM SIGN OF THE CROSS CONFITEOR

581. Liturgy - zlitur585.htm - Penitential Rite and Absolution Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The "absolution" given in the penitential rite at the beginning of Mass is not sacramental and does not of itself declare forgiveness of sins. EXTRAORDINARY RITE PENANCE INDULGENTIAM SIGN OF THE CROSS CONFITEOR

582. Liturgy - ZLITUR30.HTM - Penitential Rite in the Mass Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions on liturgical norms. Musical settings are provided for parts of the Penitential Rite, with the exception of the "I confess" of the first form. MASS MISSAL GREGORIAN CHANT KYRIE

583. Liturgy - zlitur489.htm - Penitential Rite on Easter Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On Easter Sunday, the penitential rite is replaced by the sprinkling with water blessed at the Easter Vigil, fittingly introduced by words of explanation from the celebrant before he begins the Vidi Aquam. BAPTISMAL PROMISES

584. Liturgy - zlitur531.htm - Permanent Candles at the Ambo Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no mention in the GIRM of a candle burning at the ambo. Candles are traditionally brought to the ambo only for the reading of the Gospel. LITURGY OF THE WORD BOOK OF THE GOSPELS EUCHARIST EASTER CANDLE PROCESSION

585. Liturgy - zlitur119.htm - Picking the Day Lent Begins Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Lent begins 40 days before Easter, excluding Sundays. Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after March 21. JULIAN CALENDAR GREGORIAN ASH WEDNESDAY LITURGICAL YEAR

586. Liturgy - ZLITUR58.HTM - Picture of Martin Luther King Jr. in a Church Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Canon 1186 permits public veneration of "only those servants of God whom the authority of the Church has recorded in the list of the saints or the blessed." BEATIFICATION CANONIZATION MARTYRS

587. Liturgy - zlitur149.htm - Pius V's 1570 Bull Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Quo Primum, establishing the liturgy of the Mass "in perpetuity," was a disciplinary measure aimed at those who would change it without authority. TRIDENTINE

588. Liturgy - zlitur589.htm - Placement of the Book of the Gospels Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to the question of where the Book of the Gospels should be placed on the altar, Father says that the current norms are not precise, but that it would be appropriate for the Book to be placed where the corporal will be opened later in the Mass. BYZANTINE DIVINE LITURGY MISSAL EVANGELIARY

589. LITURGY - TABERNCL.TXT - Placing of the Tabernacle Fr. George Saunders
Father Saunders answers the question of where the tabernacle should be located. Taken from the June 9 issue of 'The Arlington Catholic Herald.' SAUNDERS TABERNACLE CHURCH BLESSED SACRAMENT

590. Liturgy - zcrucifix.htm - Placing the Crucifix at the Center of the Altar Father Mauro Gagliardi
Father Gagliardi, consultor of the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff and of the Congregation for Divine Worship, explains the importance of a clearly visible crucifix on or near the altar, as a focus of prayer during the liturgy. AD ORIENTEM APSE CROSS EAST VERSUS POPULUM

591. Liturgy - zlitur93 - Plexiglass Covering on Altar Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A plexiglass cover is not allowed to cover the white altar cloth during celebration of Mass, and the corporal should not be left on the altar after Mass. EUCHARIST ALTAR LINENS BURSE

592. Liturgy - ZLITUR29.HTM - Polka Masses Father Edward McNamara
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers common questions on liturgical norms. When we label the Mass we diminish its universal meaning as Christ's sacrifice renewed upon the altar and the sacred banquet uniting us in His Mystical Body. MUSIC DANCE EUCHARIST

593. Liturgy - zlitur117.htm - Polygamy, Sons and the Priesthood Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although illegitimacy is not a canonical impediment to priestly ordination, in some cultures there may be a social stigma that would hinder a priest's pastoral effectiveness. HOLY ORDERS

595. LITURGY - 01348B.TXT - Portable Altar Catholic Encyclopedia
A portable altar consists of a solid piece of natural stone which must be sufficiently hard to resist every fracture. It is inserted in, or placed on, the table of the altar, about two inches from the front edge, and in such a manner that, by its slight elevation above the table, the celebrant can trace its outlines with his hand and thus recognize its location beneath the altar-cloths.

596. Liturgy - zlitur244.htm - Postures at Adoration and After Communion Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. After Communion, it is best to follow parish custom on whether to sit when the celebrant sits, or at some other time. ABLUTION VESSELS BENEDICTION CONFESSION LITURGY OF THE HOURS

597. Liturgy - zlitur586.htm - Postures at Communion Father Edward McNamara, LC
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father gives a brief history of the posture and practice of the faithful during the Rite of Communion. ALTAR RAIL BOTH SPECIES SANCTUARY KNEELING STANDING HAND TONGUE

598. LITURGY - PRACLENT.TXT - Practice During Lent Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
"The courageous observance of the Church's precept of fasting and abstaining during Lent must be accompanied by those two other eminently good works, to which God so frequently urges us in the Scripture: prayer and almsdeeds. Just as under the term 'fasting' the Church comprises all kinds of mortification; so under the word 'prayer' she includes all those exercises of piety whereby the soul holds intercourse with her God. More frequent attendance at the services of the Church, assisting daily at Mass, spiritual reading, meditation upon eternal truths and the Passion, hearing sermons, and, above all, approaching the Sacraments of Penance and the holy Eucharist-these are the chief means whereby the faithful should offer to God the homage of prayer, during this holy season."

599. LITURGY - PRACLENT.ZIP - Practice During Lent Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
"The courageous observance of the Church's precept of fasting and abstaining during Lent must be accompanied by those two other eminently good works, to which God so frequently urges us in the Scripture: prayer and almsdeeds. Just as under the term 'fasting' the Church comprises all kinds of mortification; so under the word 'prayer' she includes all those exercises of piety whereby the soul holds intercourse with her God. More frequent attendance at the services of the Church, assisting daily at Mass, spiritual reading, meditation upon eternal truths and the Passion, hearing sermons, and, above all, approaching the Sacraments of Penance and the holy Eucharist-these are the chief means whereby the faithful should offer to God the homage of prayer, during this holy season."

600. LITURGY - PRACPASC.TXT - Practice During Paschal Time Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
The practice for the holy season of Easter mainly consists in the spiritual joy which it should produce in every soul that is risen with Jesus.

601. LITURGY - PRACHW.TXT - Practice During Passiontide and Holy Week Abbot Gueranger, O.S.B.
The pervading character of the prayers and rites of these two weeks, is a profound grief at seeing the just One persecuted by His enemies even to death, and an energetic indignation against the deicides.

602. Liturgy - zlitur626.htm - Prayer at the Purification Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The prayer at the purification of sacred vessels at the end of Mass may be said by a layman. PRIEST DEACON ACOLYTE COMMUNION CHALICE PATEN PURIFICATOR

603. Liturgy - zlitur485.htm - Prayer of the Faithful; Kiss of Peace Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Prayer of the Faithful is obligatory only on Sundays and holy days of obligation; the Sign of Peace may not be moved, but it may be excluded. FUNERAL DAILY MASS INTENTIONS

604. Liturgy - zlitur643.htm - Prayer Over the People Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In reply to a question whether the Prayer Over the People (following the Prayer After Communion) is obligatory on Sundays in Lent, Father answers that, if not obligatory, they are strongly encouraged for every Sunday. SOLEMN BLESSINGS

605. Liturgy - zlitur627.htm - Prayers of the Faithful Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father says the Prayers of the Faithful should not be too vague and not too personal. INTERCESSION PETITIONS

606. Liturgy - zlitur271.htm - Prayers Recited Quietly Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Regarding prayers to be said "silently" by the celebrant at Mass, the Latin rubric secreto means quietly.

607. LITURGY - SMADORVE.TXT - Praying 'Ad Orientem Versus' Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
This article by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf appeared in the Winter 1993 issue of 'Sacred Music.' Father discusses the current practice of the priest facing the people at the altar and provides background on the origins of the Eucharistic prayer and the arrangement of the altar. ZUHLSDORF SACRED MUSIC EUCHARIST ALTAR

608. Liturgy - zlitur222.htm - Praying for the Departed Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of liturgical interest. Prayers for the faithful departed, that they be delivered from the Evil One, most likely refer to the particular judgment, that the departed be counted among the faithful. DIVINE OFFICE LITURGY OF THE HOURS

609. Liturgy - zchaldeanrite.htm - Praying in Jesus' Own Language ZENIT
The Chaldean Church, whose patriarch resides in Baghdad, Iraq, takes pride in its ancient liturgy which uses the same language Jesus used. In November 2005, the Chaldean liturgy underwent a reform following a special synod in Rome. To assess the extent of the reform, ZENIT interviewed Monsignor Petrus Yousif, professor of Syro-Chaldean patrology and Chaldean liturgy at the Pontifical Oriental Institute and the Catholic Institute of Paris. ORIENTAL RITES ASSYRIANS MALABARS ARAMAIC

610. Liturgy - zlitur270.htm - Pre-recorded Masses Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father lists criteria for pre-recorded Masses, televised for the benefit of those prevented from attending a live Mass. VALIDITY LICEITY

611. Liturgy - ZLITUR59.HTM - Pre-recorded Music at Mass Father Edward McNamara
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers common questions on liturgical norms. Recorded music at Mass is not expressly forbidden, but live participation by choir and people is normally presumed. EUCHARIST MUSICIANS

612. Liturgy - zlitur513.htm - Precedence in Evening Prayer Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father responds to a question of which takes precedence, Evening Prayer II of a Sunday, or Evening Prayer I of a feast on the following day. LITURGY OF THE HOURS TABLE OF LITURGICAL DAYS CARMELITES

613. Liturgy - zlitur232.htm - Precious Blood for Young Children Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no norm forbidding children from receiving the Precious Blood, though it is advisable that they begin with intinction. WINE COMMUNION

614. Liturgy - ZEXOR.HTM - Prefect for Divine Worship on the New Rite of Exorcism ZENIT
ZENIT, January 26, 1999. Cardinal Jorge Medina, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine
Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, presented the
New Rite for Exorcisms of the Roman Ritual in the Vatican Press
Hall

615. Liturgy - zlitur261.htm - Prelude Music; Eucharist in Sacristy Safe Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. During Lent, the organ should be played only to support the singing; and the Blessed Sacrament should remain on the altar of repose after Mass on Holy Thursday till Communion on Good Friday. GOOD FRIDAY SOLEMN ADORATION

616. Liturgy - ZLITUR44.HTM - Preparation of the Gifts Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The bread and wine should be prepared during the Mass and offered separately before consecration. EUCHARIST OFFERTORY

617. LITURGY - VESTMT.TXT - Preparing for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Janice Smyth
Published in 1985 by Holy Angels Press. This chapter, ECCLESIASTICAL VESTMENTS: A BRIEF HISTORY, was taken from the book PREPARING FOR THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS, by Janice Smyth. The book contains a wealth of informtion about the history of the Mass, the altar, vestments, sacred vessels and sacred linens. It contains instruction on how to make sacred linens and includes patterns. The book may be obtained from Our Lady of the Rosary S

618. Liturgy - ZLITUR24.HTM - Preparing the Corporal on the Altar ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers common questions on liturgical norms. Altar servers may spread the corporal and otherwise prepare the altar for Liturgy of the Eucharist. OFFERTORY BOWS PROCESSION

619. Liturgy - PCROMMIS.HTM - Press Conference on the Apostolic Constitution Missale Romanum Father Lecuyer
In his press conference, April 1969, Fr Lecuyer lists the
changes introduced into the traditional Roman Missal commanded by
Pope Paul VI, in his Apostolic Constitution Missale Romanum,
on the basis of directives of the Second Vatican Council. MASS
EUCHARIST LITURGY GIRM

620. Liturgy - ZLITUR53.HTM - Previously Consecrated Hosts for Concelebrants Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A Mass is not invalidated by concelebrating priests receiving Communion from previously consecrated Hosts, but the practice is illicit. EUCHARIST SACRIFICE

621. LITURGY - 01348C.TXT - Privileged Altar Catholic Encyclopedia
An altar is said to be privileged when, in addition to the ordinary fruits of the Eucharistic Sacrifice, a plenary indulgence is also granted whenever Mass is celebrated thereon, the indulgence must be applied to the individual soul for whom Mass is offered.

622. Liturgy - zwrshptrad.htm - Promoting Worship With the Traditional Mass ZENIT
Today, the Traditional Latin Mass is foreign to some, and a lingering memory to others. But there are those who are dedicated to keeping it alive, and included in this group is the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), a growing community of priests that are devoted to celebrating the extraordinary form of the Mass. ZENIT interviews Fr Calvin Goodwin, of the FSSP. VOCATIONS PRIESTHOOD SEMINARIANS SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM

623. Liturgy - zlitur103.htm - Proper Posture After Communion Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The priest may either stand or sit after Communion, while the deacon gathers the remaining hosts into one vessel and carries it to the tabernacle. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS PURIFICATION

624. Liturgy - zlitur577.htm - Proper Use of Annointing of the Sick Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to a question of when the Anointing of the Sick should be administered, Father answers, "[T]he sacrament is ordered toward the gravely ill from a physical or mental condition. It should not be administered generally and indiscriminately." SURGERY STRENGTH HEALING COURAGE FORGIVENESS DEATH AGED ELDERLY

625. Liturgy - zlitur122.htm - Prostration and Vestments on Good Friday Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In the Good Friday liturgy, prostration is the preferred posture for priest and deacon on approaching the altar, though kneeling is permitted. CHASUBLE TRIDUUM COPE

626. Liturgy - zlitur348.htm - Prostration at the Consecration Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although prostration at the consecration shows a deep reverence for the mystery, it is better that all the faithful should adopt the uniform posture of kneeling. GALLICAN RITE MASS EUCHARIST ORDINATIONS

627. Liturgy - ZLITURG8.HTM - Protestant Songs at Mass ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. Protestant hymns may be used in the liturgy provided they conform to Catholic doctrine and are approved by episcopal authority. MUSIC MASS EUCHARIST

628. Liturgy - zlitur209.htm - Purification of Sacred Vessels in U.S. Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Regarding purification of sacred vessels by extraordinary ministers, the indult formerly permitting it has been withdrawn. DEACON INSTITUTED ACOLYTE CHALICE CIBORIUM

629. Liturgy - ZLITUR66.HTM - Purifying Vessels Away From the Altar Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is permissible, "especially if there are several vessels to be purified, to leave them suitably covered on a corporal, either at the altar or at the credence table, and to purify them immediately after Mass following the dismissal of the people." MASS ABLUTIONS

630. Liturgy - zlitur292.htm - Questionable Baptism Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In a valid baptism, it is necessary for the same person to both pour the water and speak the words. SACRAMENTS CONDITIONAL FORMA ABSOLUTA

631. Liturgy - zlitur247.htm - Readers' Bows to the Presider Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. From liturgical texts, it does not seem that a reader's bow to the celebrant, although appropriate, is obligatory. LECTORS ALTAR SANCTUARY

632. Liturgy - zlitur583.htm - Reading Notices After Communion Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The proper moment for announcements at Mass is after the closing prayer but before the final blessing. DISMISSAL MUSIC PURIFICATION ADVENT LENT LAETARE ORGAN SILENCE

633. Liturgy - solemndays.htm - Reflection on the Most Solemn Days for Christians: the Triduum Michael Monshau, OP
Father Monshau, Professor of Liturgy, Homiletics and Spirituality at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (The Angelicum), Rome, outlines the solemn liturgy begun on Holy Thursday, and ending with the Easter Vigil. He also cites examples of extra-liturgical devotion, which enhance celebration of the liturgy during this time. GOOD FRIDAY EUCHARISTIC ADORATION PILGRIMAGE TENEBRAE LITURGY OF THE HOURS DIVINE OFFICE ALTAR OF REPOSE LAMB

634. LITURGY - REFLECT.TXT - Reflections on Sacred Music and the Liturgy Peter A. Kwasniewski
Article on the nature and purpose of liturgical music. Taken from the May/June 1996 issue of "The Catholic Faith".

635. Liturgy - ZLITUR80.HTM - Relics in the Altar Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The tradition of placing relics beneath altars should be preserved, provided the authenticity of the relics can be determined. RELIQUARY DEDICATION GIRM

636. Liturgy - zlitur635.htm - Relics of Saints in Museum Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to the question of whether it's permissible to have relics of Saints in a museum, Father observes that relics are sometimes fixed in reliquaries of artistic merit which the Church has no legal claim to. TRENT PROTESTANTS BODIES REVERENCE VENERATION IMAGES ALTAR

637. Liturgy - ZLITUR54.HTM - Religious Receiving the Chalice at the Altar Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Redemptionis Sacramentum 94 forbids a person, other than the celebrating priest, to administer Holy Communion to himself from the altar. MASS EUCHARIST

638. Liturgy - ZLITUR67.HTM - Removal of Altar Rails Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Altar rails may be removed, if they are an obstacle to distribution of Communion, but "great care must be taken before altering churches of certain historical value or even particular elements of a church that may have particular artistic merit." MASS ARCHITECTURE SANCTUARY

639. Liturgy - zlitur412.htm - Removing the Blessed Sacrament Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father responds to a question about removal of the Blessed Sacrament from the sanctuary when a concert or ecumenical prayer service is permitted in the church. EUCHARIST MUSIC DRESS SACRED LITURGY

640. Liturgy - zlitur440.htm - Renewal of Marriage Vows Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A form for renewal of marriage vows, while approved in some countries, "should avoid any expression that might hint at actually renewing the original sacramental bond." SACRAMENT MATRIMONY

641. Liturgy - zlitur616.htm - Renewing the Reserved Hosts Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The rule that reserved hosts should be renewed "every 15 days or so" is based on Canon 934 regarding the reservation of the Eucharist. ADORATION PYX CIBORIUM ORATORY MASS

642. LITURGY - RENCHU.TXT - Renovation of Churches William Worden
A reflection on Church policy regarding the renovation of Churches as part of the liturgical renewal, by William Worden. Sacred Music Vol. 117, No. 1, Spring 1990. CHURCH ARCHITECTURE LITURGY RENEWAL RENOVATION SACRED MUSIC

643. Liturgy - zreorient.htm - Reorienting the Mass ZENIT
The statement asserting that the priest celebrating the older form of the Mass has "his back to the people" misses the point, says Father Uwe Michael Lang of the London Oratory and recently appointed to work for the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church. In this interview with ZENIT, Father Lang speaks about the "ad orientem" posture and the possibilities for a rediscovery of the ancient liturgical practice. EAST SUN LIGHT ESCHATOLOGY

644. Liturgy - zlitur341.htm - Requiem Masses on Sundays of Advent Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. GIRM 380 permits a Funeral Mass to be celebrated on any day except for Solemnities which are holy days of obligation, Holy Thursday, the Easter Triduum, and the Sundays of Advent, Lent, and Easter. FUNERAL LITURGY OUTSIDE OF MASS

645. Liturgy - ZLITUR49.HTM - Reservation and Exposition of Blessed Sacrament Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "Liturgical norms do not allow the Blessed Sacrament to remain exposed in church during Mass." EUCHARIST

646. Liturgy - zlitur594.htm - Reservation of Hosts Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although liturgical norms call for communicants at Mass to be communicated from hosts consecrated at that Mass, sufficient hosts should be reserved for the sick and for adoration outside of Mass. VIATICUM TABERNACLE GENUFLECTION EUCHARIST MONASTIC COMMUNITY

647. Liturgy - zlitur630.htm - Reserving the Eucharist at Home Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Even for extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, reserving the Eucharist at home is prohibited without a Bishop's permission. TABERNACLE COMMUNION SICK

648. Liturgy - zlitur120.htm - Reserving the Precious Blood Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Precious Blood may not be reserved except for Communion of the sick who cannot receive the Lord under the form of bread. EUCHARIST EASTERN RITES PRE-SANCTIFIED

649. LITURGY - RESTSACR.TXT - Restore the Sacred Robert Moynihan
Many in Rome would like to see a 'reform of the reform' in the liturgy of the Latin rite of the Roman Catholic Church. Not least among them: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. What kind of reform does he envision? One which restores a sense of God's presence, of the sacred. This article was taken from the August/September 1995 issue of 'Inside the Vatican.'

650. Liturgy - revelsimplicity.htm - Revelation and Simplicity in Scripture Cardinal William Joseph Levada
This is a shortened version of the homily delivered by Cardinal William Joseph Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, on the occasion of the Dedication of the Seminary Chapel of Sts Peter and Paul, for the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska, U.S.A., on 3 March 2010. ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY FORM EUCHARIST ZACCHEUS LITURGY SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM COMMUNION PRIESTHOOD

651. Liturgy - ZLITUR62.HTM - Rhythm of the Scripture Readings Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Here he explains the general structure of the schedule of readings at Mass, for Sundays and weekdays. EUCHARIST LECTIONARY

652. Liturgy - zlitur375.htm - Right-Handed Gestures Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The rule is not absolute that the sign of the cross be made with the right hand, or genuflections on the right knee, but this is the immemorial custom, which is not difficult for left-handed people to observe. GIRM

653. Liturgy - zlitur547.htm - Rinsing of Hands After Distribution of Communion Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. An EMHC should not normally wash his fingers in the ablution bowl after distributing Holy Communion. PURIFICATOR LAVABO BOWL SACRARIUM

654. Liturgy - zlitur307.htm - Rite of Election of Catechumens Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Regarding the progressive steps of the catechumenate, they are to spiritually strengthen the catechumen, so they may receive the sacraments of initiation with the greatest knowledge and commitment. BAPTISM SCRUTINIES PRESENTATIONS PURIFICATION ENLIGHTENMENT

655. Liturgy - zlitur226.htm - Rite of Marriage Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In a nuptial Mass, the penitential rite is omitted, and Gloria and Creed are included only if they would normally be used in the Mass for that day. LATIN READINGS

656. Liturgy - zlitur162.htm - Rite of Sprinkling with Holy Water Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is not appropriate to replace the new rite of sprinkling before Mass with the Asperges of the old rite. HOLY WATER

657. Liturgy - zlitur509.htm - Rosary and Other Marian Devotions Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father answers the question of which set of mysteries are customarily prayed on which days of the week, as well as mentioning other prayers to Our Lady. PLENARY PARTIAL INDULGENCES

658. Liturgy - zlitur335.htm - Rosary During Eucharistic Adoration Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Congregation for Divine Worship, in an official response, states that it is permitted to publicly pray the rosary before the Blessed Sacrament exposed. POPULAR DEVOTIONS EUCHARISTIC EXPOSITION ADORATION

659. Liturgy - ZLITUR61.HTM - Rose-Colored Vestments on Gaudete Sunday Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Use of rose-colored vestments on Gaudete and Laetare Sundays (3rd Sunday in Advent, 4th Sunday in Lent) is permitted, and even encouraged where they may be had. MASS EUCHARIST LITURGICAL SEASONS YEAR COLORS

660. Liturgy - zlitur588.htm - Rules on Communion Services Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Apart from some pastoral necessity, it is not desirable for a Communion Service to be celebrated in the same church where a Mass is celebrated on the same day. EUCHARIST DISTRIBUTION OF HOLY COMMUNION FUNERAL LITURGY ROMAN RITUAL

661. LITURGY - MUSYER.TXT - Sacred Music and the Liturgical Year Fr. Robert Skeris
This article, by Fr. Skeris, was taken from Sacred Music, Vol. 118, no. 3, Fall 1991. 'The church calendar, or the liturgical year, is a sacramental, i.e., it is a sign of a deeper reality and it is a means of grace . . . The Church, the Mystical Body of Christ, is indeed the very Person of Christ living on for each succeeding generation, inviting us to live His life which He presents to us in the liturgy, especially in the Mass.' SKERIS CHU

662. Liturgy - zsacrmusic.htm - Sacred Music at the Service of Truth Father Paul Gunter, OSB
Father Gunther extrapolates on St Augustine's saying, that he who sings prays twice, explaining that it is not just any music, but sacred music that is a loving response to the goodness of God. NUMINOUS LITURGY PIPE ORGAN GREGORIAN CHANT

663. Liturgy - zsacrmuscris.htm - Sacred Music in Crisis ZENIT
Cardinal Domenico Bartolucci, who served for over 40 years as director of the Sistine Chapel Choir, says that although sacred music is currently in crisis, there are signs of hope. ZENIT spoke with the cardinal about his years as director of the choir, and his views on sacred music at this time. LITURGICAL REFORM VATICAN II GREGORIAN CHANT POLYPHONY PALESTRINA

664. Liturgy - zmusicword.htm - Sacred Music that Serves the Word of God ZENIT
Father Samuel Weber, professor in the divinity school of Wake Forest University in North Carolina and also a monk of the St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana, has been appointed the first director of the Institute for Sacred Music, initiated by Archbishop Raymond Burke in St. Louis. In this interview with ZENIT, Father Weber discusses how the Institute for Sacred Music will try to restore Gregorian chant’s “pride of place” in the liturgy. LITURGY OF THE HOURS POLYPHONY

665. Liturgy - sacrmusc.htm - Sacred Music vs. Satanic Music Fr. Miguel Marie Soeherman, MFVA
In EWTN's televised Mass, Father Miguel, MFVA, preached a homily on 22 November 2006, for the Memorial of St. Cecilia, Patroness of Sacred Music. Father spoke of the sanctifying effect of good liturgical music, as opposed to the degrading effect of satanic music, to which young people are exposed. SATANISM BLACK MASS

666. LITURGY - SACRSIGN.TXT - Sacred Signs Romano Guardini
Published in 1956 by Pio Decimo Press. Written to help open up the world of the liturgy The liturgy is not a matter of ideas, but of actual things, as they are now, not as they were in the past. Helps discern in the living liturgy what underlies the visible sign, to discover the soul from the body, the hidden and spiritual from the external and material. SIGN OF THE CROSS HANDS KNEELING STANDING WALKING STRIKING THE BREAST STEPS DOORS CANDLES HOLY WATER FIRE AHSES I

667. LITURGY - SACRSIGN.ZIP - Sacred Signs Romano Guardini
Published in 1956 by Pio Decimo Press. Written to help open up the world of the liturgy The liturgy is not a matter of ideas, but of actual things, as they are now, not as they were in the past. Helps discern in the living liturgy what underlies the visible sign, to discover the soul from the body, the hidden and spiritual from the external and material. SIGN OF THE CROSS HANDS KNEELING STANDING WALKING STRIKING THE BREAST STEPS DOORS CANDLES HOLY WATER FIRE AHSES I

668. Liturgy - SIGNS.HTM - Sacred signs and active participation in Mass Rev. Cassian Folsom, OSB
Father Folsom, a Benedictine monk, is vice-rector of the
Pontifical University of Sant' Anselmo and pro-president of
the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome. This essay was
given as an address to the Adoremus Conference, held in Los
Angeles on November 22, 1997. MASS LITURGY EUCHARIST POSTURE

669. LITURGY - 10006A.TXT - Sacrifice of the Mass Catholic Encyclopedia
The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general
designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the
time of Pope Gregory the Great (d. 604), the early Church having
used the expression the "breaking of bread" (fractio panis) or
"liturgy"; the Greek Church has employed the latter name for almost sixteen centuries. This article considers the Mass in It's existence, essence and causuality.

670. LITURGY - 10006A.ZIP - Sacrifice of the Mass Catholic Encyclopedia
The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general
designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the
time of Pope Gregory the Great (d. 604), the early Church having
used the expression the "breaking of bread" (fractio panis) or
"liturgy"; the Greek Church has employed the latter name for almost sixteen centuries. This article considers the Mass in It's existence, essence and causuality.

671. Liturgy - zlitur215.htm - Saints' Prayers for Souls in Purgatory Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of liturgical interest. We don't know whether the Saints, on their own initiative, pray for the souls in Purgatory, but we can be confident they will if we on earth ask them to do it. INTERCESSION

672. Liturgy - BELLS.HTM - Sanctus Bells: History and Use in the Catholic Church Matthew D. Herrera
Contrary to the assertions of some, the reform of the liturgy has not made passé the use of Mass bells. In this short monograph, Mr Matthew D. Herrera provides an historical and theological/liturgical answer to such claims. EUCHARIST GIRM GENERAL INSTRUCTION RUBRICS NORMS TRIDENTINE

673. Liturgy - zlitur242.htm - Saturday Mass for Sunday Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. If there is danger of anyone mistaking a ritual Mass, e.g., a nuptial Mass, on Saturday afternoon, as valid for Sunday, then care should be taken that guests know in advance that their Sunday obligation will not be covered. SUNDAY MASS ANTICIPATED

674. Liturgy - zlitur144.htm - Scriptural Basis of the Mass as Sacrifice Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Scriptural evidence that the Mass is a Sacrifice is found in the connection between Old Testament sacrifices and the Lord's words at the Last Supper. EUCHARIST PASSOVER

675. Liturgy - zlitur146.htm - Scriptural Translations Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. English language lectionaries differ in their translations of Scripture. The selections from Scripture are made to convey essential elements of salvation history. BIBLE MISSAL

676. LITURGY - SEEKPRES.TXT - Seeking His Presence Robert Moynihan
The first of two articles on the "reform of the reform" of the Liturgy. This article was taken from the February issue of "Inside the Vatican."

677. LITURGY - SEEKPRES.ZIP - Seeking His Presence Robert Moynihan
The first of two articles on the "reform of the reform" of the Liturgy. This article was taken from the February issue of "Inside the Vatican."

678. Liturgy - goodwinmass.htm - Sermon for Feast of the Holy Cross, 14 September 2007, Hanceville, Alabama Fr. Calvin M. Goodwin, FSSP
On 14 September 2007, at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Hanceville, Alabama, Fr. Goodwin, of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, gave the sermon at a celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass, in observance of the Motu Proprio of Benedict XVI, Summorum Pontificum. TRIDENTINE LATIN ICONOSTASIS

679. Liturgy - zlitur434.htm - Shades of Violet in Advent Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "There is nothing in official norms requiring a distinction between the shades [of violet/purple] used in Advent and Lent — nor for funerals." LITURGICAL COLORS VESTMENTS

680. Liturgy - zlitur544.htm - Sharing Duties With Concelebrants Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As to whether the presider at a concelebrated funeral Mass may share parts of the rite with other concelebrants, the rites presume "a single presiding celebrant for those elements inherent to the rite such as reception of the body and the final commendation."

681. Liturgy - zlitur252.htm - Shifting or Substituting the Sunday Liturgy Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While permission may be granted for the Sunday liturgy to be celebrated on a Friday or Saturday morning, it is not the case that Sunday itself is a transferable feast. CALENDAR MASS FIRST FRIDAY

682. Liturgy - VIACRUCI.HTM - Short Meditations on the Stations of the Cross Cardinal John Henry Newman
The Holy Father used these meditations, written in the 19th cent.
by the Venerable John Henry Newman, for the Stations of the Cross,
Good Friday 2001, at the Colosseum. The writings of Cardinal Newman
are regarded as having helped shape the thought of Vatican II.
PASSION

683. Liturgy - zlitur492.htm - Shorter Versions of Gospel Passages Father Edward McNamara LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The choice between longer and shorter readings of the Sunday Gospels depends on "the capacity of the hearers to listen profitably either to the longer or to the shorter reading; or to listen to a more complete text that will be explained through the homily." POLITICAL CORRECTNESS PASTORAL CONSIDERATIONS

684. Liturgy - ZLITUR38.HTM - Should Lectors Sit in the Pews? Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. It is basically a practical question. Lectors, whether instituted or commissioned, may have a place in either the sanctuary or the pews. ACOLYTES EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF COMMUNION LAITY

685. Liturgy - zlitur137.htm - Sign of Peace Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. If there is no invitation to the sign of peace, it is not to be exchanged by the people on their own initiative. MASS

686. Liturgy - zlitur456.htm - Signers of a Baptism Certificate Father Edward McNamara LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The pastor of the parish where a baptism is celebrated is canonically required to sign the register, whether or not he directly administered the baptism. MINISTER SACRAMENTS

687. Liturgy - zadvwreath.htm - Significance of Advent Wreath ZENIT
The Advent wreath is one of the Christian symbols used to call to mind the coming of the Messiah. In this interview with ZENIT, Father Juan Javier Flores Arcas, rector of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of St. Anselm in Rome, speaks about the significance of the Advent wreath. SCANDINAVIA

688. Liturgy - ZSIGNCRO.HTM - Significance of the Sign of the Cross ZENIT
The multifaceted significance of the sign of the cross has been investigated and explained by author Bert Ghezzi. He told ZENIT how the sign came about, what six meanings it has, and why making it reverently can enhance one's life in Christ. SACRAMENTALS DEVOTION BAPTISM

689. LITURGY - SIGSYM.TXT - Signs & Symbols: A Reflection Emilio Higglesden
A reflection on signs and symbols in Church worship, specifically The Sign of the Cross, Genuflection, Holy Water, The Church Building, and the symbolic value of the Eucharist. Originally an address to a youth group at John Fisher School in Surrey, England; printed in FAITH (London), and reprinted in Sacred Music, Vol. 117, No. 4, Winter 1990. SIGN SYMBOL HOLY WATER EUCHARIST GENUFLECTION SACRED MUSIC HIGGLESDEN

690. Liturgy - barrmeanMass.htm - Silence and the Meaning of the Mass Bishop Robert Barron
Robert Barron, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, addresses the prevalence of noise in our culture and even in our Church. He stresses the importance of silence to our full participation in the Mass. SARAH RATZINGER SACRIFICE

692. Liturgy - zlitur342.htm - Singing at the Elevation Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As to singing at the elevation, as with any other addition to the liturgical text, it is unwarranted. EUCHARIST MASS RUBRICS SINGING

693. LITURGY - SINGLESS.TXT - Singing Lessons Robert A. Skeris
Fr. Robert Skeris, chairman of the theology department at Christendom College and former professor of liturgy at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, explains the necessary steps to revive sacred music in the Catholic Church. Taken from the September 1996 issue of "Crisis" magazine.

694. Liturgy - zlitur437.htm - Singing the Alleluia at the Ambo Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Alleluia may be sung either at the ambo or at "some other suitable place." GOSPEL CHANT CANTOR LECTIONARY GRADUALE

695. Liturgy - zlitur128.htm - Singing the Consecration Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. One of the changes brought about by Vatican II's liturgical reform was the possibility of a sung consecration. Until then, "the Latin rite was practically the only one that did not sing the words of the consecration." EUCHARIST MASS

696. Liturgy - zlitur448.htm - Singing the Gospel Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "There is no rule which would oblige the Gospel to be sung in any particular season nor any norm that would restrict its being sung outside of these seasons." SOLEMNITIES FEASTS GREGORIAN CHANT LATIN

697. Liturgy - zlitur464.htm - Singing the Sursum Corda Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no rule stating that, unless the Sursum Corda, Mystery of Faith, and concluding Doxology are all chanted, none may be chanted. PAPAL MASSES EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

698. LITURGY - ANGELS.TXT - Singing with the Angels Rembert Herbert
Gregorian chant cannot be fully understood as a mere art form; in its pure form it is rather an approach to prayer. This article appeared in the June 1995 issue of 'The Catholic World Report.'

699. Liturgy - zlitur186.htm - Slide Shows at Homilies Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Slide shows may not replace the homily, nor are they to be preferred to the spoken word. TAPES VIDEOS APPEALS

701. Liturgy - zlitur240.htm - Solemnities, Feasts, Memorials Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father McNamara explains how "feasts" are classified, and how their classification is reflected in the celebration of Mass. CORPUS CHRISTI OBLIGATION LITURGICAL YEAR

702. Liturgy - zlitur426.htm - Songs With God in First Person Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. To the question of whether hymns should be sung in which God speaks in the first person, Father recommends examining each song in particular and judging it on its "doctrinal, literary and musical merits." GREGORIAN CHANT ANTIPHONS

703. Liturgy - ZLITUR17.HTM - Sounds of Silence ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a question on liturgical norms. Liturgical silence encourages interior silence, which is a necessary state of mind for full participation in the Eucharist. MASS GIRM

705. Liturgy - zlitur187.htm - Spanish Homilies Read by a Layman Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A homily read by a layman, even if composed by a priest, is not advisable, since it creates a false impression and lacks the personal element. DEACON

706. Liturgy - zlitur343.htm - Spanish Translations for U.S. Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no definitive Spanish missal prescribed for use in the United States, although the new Mexican translation, once it is approved, will probably become the standard for this country. MASS FEASTS CONSECRATION

707. Liturgy - zlitur327.htm - Speaking in Tongues at Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As to whether speaking in tongues is permissable at Mass, it does not conform to the authentic charism of the Catholic Charismatic renewal. EUCHARISTIC PRAYER HYMNS BRAZIL

708. Liturgy - zspiritliturgy.htm - Spirit of the Liturgy ZENIT
In honor of the Year for Priests (6/2009-6/2010), ZENIT presents a series of articles, by expert theologians, liturgists and canonists, presenting the role and task of the priest in the various parts of the Mass, with regard to both Ordinary and Extraordinary forms. OBLATIO DONORUM PRESENTATION OF GIFTS AD ORIENTEM MYSTERIUM FIDEI PASCHAL MYSTERY SACRIFICE LAVABO LOW MASS EPISTLE GRADUAL TRACT SEQUENCE GOSPEL RESPONSORIAL PSALM AMBO LECTORS READERS HOMILY FORMULA OF INTENTION DOMINUS VOBISCUM PENITENTIAL RITE COLLECT CONVERSION REVERENCE PARTICIPATION ACTIO DEI

709. Liturgy - zlitur573.htm - Sprinkling by a Deacon or Lay Minister Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In a case where the priest celebrant is infirm, at the sprinkling rite, he may sprinkle those nearest from his chair, and a deacon may sprinkle the people (in the Ordinary Form, not the Extraordinary Form), but not a layman. ASPERGES EASTER PENITENTIAL ACT BLESSINGS

710. Liturgy - zlitur466.htm - St. Pius Instead of St. Pio Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father responds to the question of why St Padre Pio's name, in the current edition of the Roman Missal, is Pius. THERESE TERESA

711. Liturgy - zlitur353.htm - Stamping the Faithful With Ashes Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The use of a stamp in the imposition of ashes could distract from receiving the ashes as a sign of personal penance and conversion. SIGN OF THE CROSS DUST

712. Liturgy - zlitur563.htm - Standing as the Hosts Are Reserved Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. No particular ceremony is associated with the return of the remaining hosts to the tabernacle after Communion, nor are parishioners asked to stand for the occasion. EUCHARIST MASS SIT KNEEL

713. Liturgy - zlitur449.htm - Standing at the Pray, Brethren Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As to when the people rise at the "Pray Brethren," the rubric is not clear, beyond the fact that it should be in time for the conclusion of the people's response. ORATE FRATRES MASS

714. Liturgy - ZLITUR50.HTM - Standing During the Eucharistic Prayer Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In dioceses of the U.S.A., the people should kneel from after Sanctus to the Amen at the end of the Eucharistic Prayer. EUCHARIST GIRM

715. LITURGY - STANKNEL.TXT - Standing or Kneeling During the Consecration? Joseph Fessio, S.J.
Some Parish Bulletins Go Astray - Fr. Fessio shows where a bulletin from St. Mark the Evangelist Church in Quebec, Canada, is giving erroneous information. Taken from the February 4, 1996 issue of "Adoremus Bulletin."

716. Liturgy - zlitur139.htm - Starting Mass Without a Priest ZENIT
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In answer to the question of whether a catechist should start the Mass when the priest is late, the answer is no. Also a question about whether a priest may concelebrate from the pew. CONCELEBRATION

718. Liturgy - zlitur461.htm - Stipends and Mass Obligation Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Unless obliged by their office of pastor, priests are not strictly obliged to celebrate Mass daily, though they are encouraged to do so. Father also answers a question on stipends. MASS INTENTIONS CANON LAW MISSIONS

719. Liturgy - zlitur100.htm - Storage of the Holy Oils Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Holy oils should not be stored in the altar, lest they be confused with relics, but rather in an ambry, located in the baptistry, sacristy, or a side altar. MASS AUMBRY

720. LITURGY - 01349A.TXT - Stripping of an Altar Catholic Encyclopedia
Performed on Holy Thursday, the Christian altar represents Christ, and the stripping of the altar reminds us how He was stripped of his garments when He fell into the hands of the Jews and was exposed naked to their insults.

721. Liturgy - zlitur446.htm - Stripping the Altars on Holy Thursday Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and dean of theology at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. All altars are to be stripped after the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday, not only the altar on which the Mass was celebrated. VEILS CROSSES STATUES IMAGES LAMPS

722. LITURGY - STYLE.TXT - Style Fr. Robert Skeris
This article, by Fr. Robert Skeris, is from Sacred Music, Vol. 118, No. 2, Summer 1991. The Church is not primarily concerned with style for its own sake. What she seeks and demands is that music be true art and sacred. The Second Vatican Council says clearly that all kinds of truly artistic music that are sacred and useful have a place in the liturgy. SKERIS STYLE SACRED MUSIC LITURGY

723. LITURGY - CATHLIT.TXT - Style and the Mass Jeff Mirus
This essay was occasioned by an unfavorable comparison of the style of worship at the Mass with the style of Evangelical Protestant worship. STYLE MASS LITURGY PROTESTANT CATHOLIC SACRIFICE WORSHIP

725. Liturgy - ZLITR40A.HTM - Substituting [for] the Lamb of God Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Only with warrant from the Holy See may any words be added to the Liturgy. EUCHARIST MASS RECONCILIATION PENANCE CONFESSION

726. Liturgy - zlitur516.htm - Substituting Bells in Advent Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In answer to the question of whether bells may be rung during Advent, Father replies in the affirmative. CLAPPER LENT GLORIA ORGAN PENITENTIAL SEASON

727. Liturgy - zlitur154.htm - Substituting for the Creed Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Creed may be omitted from Mass only on special occasions, as the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday, when baptismal promises are renewed. NICENE APOSTLES' CREED HOLY WATER

728. Liturgy - zlitur277.htm - Substituting the Psalm Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The responsorial Psalm should be taken from the Lectionary, without substitution from a nonscriptural source. ROMAN SIMPLE GRADUAL BIBLE AUGUSTINE

729. Liturgy - zlitur613.htm - Substitutions in the Liturgy of the Hours Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Divine Office may not be changed at whim; "rules for the Office, however, allow for a significant degree of adaptability to local needs and circumstances." HYMNS INTERCESSIONS INTENTIONS PSALMS GLORY BE TO THE FATHER

730. Liturgy - zlitur654.htm - Sunday Liturgy on Friday Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In a case where a weekly Mass is celebrated for those unable to attend on Sunday, the Sunday liturgy should not be used without the Bishop's permission. SUNDAY OBLIGATION LECTIONARY FLOWERS

731. Liturgy - zlitur352.htm - Sunday Mass on Mondays Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Though the Mass for Sunday may, under certain circumstances, be transferred to another day, the Sunday obligation (met either on a Saturday evening or Sunday proper) cannot be transferred. HISPANIC MASS MUSLIM

732. Liturgy - zlitur486.htm - Sunday Precept and the Orthodox Divine Liturgy Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. If there is no Catholic Mass available on a Sunday or Holy Day of Obligation, the obligation ceases. If an Orthodox celebration is available, a Catholic could attend, but there is no obligation to do so. CANON LAW EASTERN CHURCHES

733. Liturgy - zlitur647.htm - Swings of the Thurible Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The number of swings of the thurible is determined by what is being incensed, as well as whether they are to be single or double swings. INCENSE ICTUS DUCTUS ALTAR CROSS OFFERINGS CELEBRANT BOOK OF GOSPELS IMAGE OF LORD OF SAINTS RELICS EASTERN LITURGIES

734. Liturgy - zlitur92 - Tabernacles, Adoration and Double Genuflections Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Genuflection on one knee may be used in adoring Christ, either in the tabernacle or exposed on the altar, though some countries have retained the double genuflection. BLESSED SACRAMENT ADORATION HOLY HOUR BENEDICTION EXPOSITION

735. Liturgy - zlitur255.htm - Table Wine for Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Table wine may be used at Mass if formal inquiry has been made to the manufacturer, to insure that the wine meets canonical conditions for valid consecration. GRAPE ALTAR WINE

736. LITURGY - TLKSAC.TXT - Talks on the Sacramentals Arthur Tonne
Published in 1950 by Didde Printing Company. This book by Fr. Tonne aims to give a simple interesting explanation for each of some 60 common sacramentals. CHRIST MARY PRAYER BLESS CATHOLIC SIGN SYMBOL SACRAMENTALS

737. LITURGY - TLKSAC.ZIP - Talks on the Sacramentals Arthur Tonne
Published in 1950 by Didde Printing Company. This book by Fr. Tonne aims to give a simple interesting explanation for each of some 60 common sacramentals. CHRIST MARY PRAYER BLESS CATHOLIC SIGN SYMBOL SACRAMENTALS

738. Liturgy - zlitur329.htm - Teens as Extraordinary Ministers Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While the decision as to the minimum age of extraordinary ministers belongs to the Bishop, the recognized norms would preclude choosing young people just to keep them coming to Mass. HOLY COMMUNION IMMENSAE CARITATIS EMHC

739. Liturgy - ZLITUR65.HTM - Televised Masses Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Most guidelines giving norms for televised Masses are issued by the national bishops' conference. They are for the edification of the home bound, do not substitute for those able to assist at Mass, and do not fulfill the Sunday precept. EUCHARIST COMMUNION LITURGICAL YEAR

740. LITURGY - WOMORD.TXT - Texts on Ordination of Women Fr. William Most
Fr. Most reviews and comments on the early texts which can be adduced on the question of ordaining women to the priesthood. MOST PRIEST ORDINATION WOMEN FATHERS TEXTS COMMENTARY SCRIPTURE

741. LITURGY - WOMORD.ZIP - Texts on Ordination of Women Fr. William Most
Fr. Most reviews and comments on the early texts which can be adduced on the question of ordaining women to the priesthood. MOST PRIEST ORDINATION WOMEN FATHERS TEXTS COMMENTARY SCRIPTURE

742. Liturgy - zlitur317.htm - The Adoro Te Devote Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Either of the two variants (traditional and critical forms) of the eucharistic hymn Adoro Te Devote may be used according to local custom. EUCHARIST THOMAS AQUINAS RUTLER CANTALAMESSA

743. Liturgy - zlitur612.htm - The Alleluia Before the Gospel Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The presumption is that the Alleluia should be sung, but the option appears open that it be recited, or else sung and the verse recited. MISA CANTATA MUSICAM SACRAM SACRED MUSIC GREGORIAN CHANT LECTIONARY GRADUALE PSALM

745. Liturgy - zlitur387.htm - The Ave Maria at Funerals Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Opinions differ as to whether classical settings of the Ave Maria (such as Schubert's) are acceptable within Catholic liturgy, and there is nothing official on the subject. PROFANE MUSIC

746. Liturgy - zlitur134.htm - The Chair of the Priest Celebrant Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In theory, the most appropriate place is behind the altar, facing the people. In practice, however, this position is often impracticable. MASS ALTAR TABERNACLE

747. Liturgy - zlitur570.htm - The Church and the Birth of Christian Liturgy Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Did the liturgy begin with Christ? "At the deepest level the liturgy is essentially our participation ... in the worship that Christ as high priest offers to the heavenly Father." SACRAMENTS JEWISH LITURGY PRAYERS EUCHARIST LITURGY OF THE HOURS DIDACHE JUSTIN HIPPOLYTUS

748. LITURGY - DILITSJC.TXT - The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom St. John Chrysostom
This file contains the entire liturgy of St. John Chrysostom as chanted in the Byzantine Catholic Churches. These churces are in communion with Rome and the text is the text of the Mass. CHRYSOSTOM DIVINE LITURGY MASS CHANT BYZANTINE

749. LITURGY - DILITSJC.ZIP - The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom St. John Chrysostom
This file contains the entire liturgy of St. John Chrysostom as chanted in the Byzantine Catholic Churches. These churces are in communion with Rome and the text is the text of the Mass. CHRYSOSTOM DIVINE LITURGY MASS CHANT BYZANTINE

750. Liturgy - zlitur147.htm - The Divine Praises at Adoration Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In Rite of Benediction, the Divine Praises customarily precede reposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle. MONSTRANCE LUNETTE PYX

751. Liturgy - zlitur216.htm - The Double Alleluia Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The double Alleluia is used at the end of Masses during the Easter Octave and on Pentecost Sunday. DISMISSAL LITURGY OF THE HOURS

752. LITURGY - FEASTFTH.TXT - The End of Religion? Joseph Card. Ratzinger
Chapter One of the book, 'Feast of Faith: Approaches to a Theology of the Liturgy' available from Ignatius Press. RATZINGER LITURGY PRAYER THEOLOGY RELIGION

753. LITURGY - FEASTFTH.ZIP - The End of Religion? Joseph Card. Ratzinger
Chapter One of the book, 'Feast of Faith: Approaches to a Theology of the Liturgy' available from Ignatius Press. RATZINGER LITURGY PRAYER THEOLOGY RELIGION

754. Liturgy - zenlightnMass.htm - The Enlightenment's Impact on the Mass ZENIT
Oratorian Father Jonathan Robinson shared with ZENIT how the Enlightenment and its philosophers influenced Westerners' understanding of God, man, society, religion and community — and how Catholics have come to worship God today. In his book "The Mass and Modernity: Walking to Heaven Backward" (Ignatius), the superior of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Toronto and rector of St. Philip's Seminary asserts that confused and false principles have seriously damaged the liturgy. EUCHARIST RELATIVISM MODERNITY POSTMODERNITY

755. Liturgy - zlitur328.htm - The Episcopalian Eucharist Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Some Anglicans/Episcopalians have seemingly Catholic beliefs about the Eucharist, but since their Orders are presumed invalid, so too is their Eucharist. TRANSUBSTANTIATION REAL PRESENCE APOSTOLICAE CURAE

756. LITURGY - EXSULTET.TXT - The Exsultet Jerome Gassner, O.S.B.
This triumphant hymn and wonderful sacramental is the prelude to the Easter solemnities. It is a majestic proclamation of the Resurrection of Christ, a dramatic invitation to heaven and earth to join with the Church in joy and jubilation. It is the rite of sanctification of light and night, of place and time, of priest and faithful for the celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord.

757. LITURGY - EXSULTET.ZIP - The Exsultet Jerome Gassner, O.S.B.
This triumphant hymn and wonderful sacramental is the prelude to the Easter solemnities. It is a majestic proclamation of the Resurrection of Christ, a dramatic invitation to heaven and earth to join with the Church in joy and jubilation. It is the rite of sanctification of light and night, of place and time, of priest and faithful for the celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord.

758. LITURGY - LY3SADV.TXT - The Fourth Sunday of Advent Abbot Queranger O.S.B.
"We have now entered into the week which immediately precedes the birth of the Messias." Taken from Volume I of "The Liturgical Year."

759. Liturgy - zlitur417.htm - The Fraction Rite Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The rubrics in the new English translation of the Roman Missal emphasize the Fraction, without changing the order of the action vis-a-vis the Agnus Dei. MASS EUCHARIST

760. LITURGY - HERALDRY.TXT - The Heraldry of Sacred Music (Part I) Duane Galles
This part provides a short introduction to the origins of heraldry, its language, its development, its administration, and a short survey of the various parts of a complete coat of arms or armorial achievement. This article appeared in the Summer 1993 issue of 'Sacred Music.' HERALDRY MUSIC GALLES

761. LITURGY - HERALDRY.ZIP - The Heraldry of Sacred Music (Part I) Duane Galles
This part provides a short introduction to the origins of heraldry, its language, its development, its administration, and a short survey of the various parts of a complete coat of arms or armorial achievement. This article appeared in the Summer 1993 issue of 'Sacred Music.' HERALDRY MUSIC GALLES

762. LITURGY - HERALD2.TXT - The Heraldry of Sacred Music (Part II)... Duane L.C.M. Galles
Persons in the Armorial Musical Alphabet Part Two. In this article by Duane L.C.M. Galles surverys the armorial musical alphabet, the contributions made by sacred music to the language of heraldry. This article appeared in the Fall 1993 issue of 'Sacred Music.' SACRED MUSIC GALLES HERALDRY

764. LITURGY - HERALD4.ZIP - The Heraldry of Sacred Music (Part IV) Musical Armigers Duane Galles
A survey of the history of sacred music's contribution to the armorial alphabet. Armigers inlude both individuals and juridical persons, both patrons and other important figures in the history of sacred music as well as composers and other makers of music. This article appeared in the Spring 1994 issue of 'Sacred Music.' GALLES SACRED MUSIC ARMIGERS DOMINICANS BENEDICTINES CARMELITES

765. LITURGY - HERALD4.TXT - The Heraldry of Sacred Music (Part IV) Musical Armigers Duane Galles
A survey of the history of sacred music's contribution to the armorial alphabet. Armigers inlude both individuals and juridical persons, both patrons and other important figures in the history of sacred music as well as composers and other makers of music. This article appeared in the Spring 1994 issue of 'Sacred Music.' GALLES SACRED MUSIC ARMIGERS DOMINICANS BENEDICTINES CARMELITES

766. LITURGY - HISTLENT.TXT - The History of Lent Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
Abbot Gueranger gives a brief history of Lent and its influence on our spiritual life and our salvation.

767. LITURGY - HISTLENT.ZIP - The History of Lent Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
Abbot Gueranger gives a brief history of Lent and its influence on our spiritual life and our salvation.

768. LITURGY - HISTPASC.TXT - The History of Paschal Time Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
Abbot Aueranger gives history of the most sacred portion of the liturgical year-- the one towards which the whole cycle converges.

769. LITURGY - HISTHW.TXT - The History of Passiontide and Holy Week Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
A history of the practices of Passiontide and Holy Week.

770. Liturgy - HOLYDOOR.HTM - The Holy Door Closes, but the Year of Grace Continues Bishop Piero Marini
Bishop Marini, Master of Papal Ceremonies, describes the rite of
closing the Holy Door, on Feast of the Epiphany, 6 January 2001,
to mark the closing of the Great Jubilee. PETER LATERAN OUTSIDE
WALLS MARY MAJOR

771. LITURGY - SMJARGON.TXT - The Jargon of Liturgists: Brain-Washing the Faithful Calvert Shenk
An examination of some of the common liturgical catchwords used by modern liturgists and maintains that 'the net effect of their constant use is to brain-wash the faithful, to persuade them that the process of desacramentalizing and desupernaturalizing the worship of the Church has somehow been officially mandated, and that they must adjust their thinking accordingly.' SHENK LITURGY SACRED MUSIC JARGON

772. Liturgy - zlanglitcel.htm - The Language of Liturgical Celebration Father Uwe Michael Lang, CO
Oratorian Father Lang, an official of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, reflects on the importance of a sacred language in all religions, and how Latin has fulfilled that role in the Western Church. SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM VERNACULAR

773. Liturgy - LITYEAR.HTM - The Liturgical Year Dom Gueranger, OSB
This book is a classic resource for the riches of the Church's
liturgy, as based on Scripture and Tradition and developed by
the magisterium from apostolic times. This is the preface to
the book, selected chapters of which are accessible in our
document library by doing a search under the name of the author.
It should be noted, that, owing to the reform of the liturgy
after Vatican II, not all references to the calendar of Dom
Gueranger’s day will be reflected in the current calendar of the
Latin Rite. OFFICE HOURS BREVIARY FEAST PSALM EUCHARIST MASS
ORTHODOX

774. LITURGY - LITUCONT.TXT - The Liturgy and Contemplation Fr. Max Thurian
Thoughts on the renewal of liturgical prayer from Fr. Thurian of the International Theological Commission. EUCHARIST ALTAR

775. LITURGY - LITLANG.TXT - The Liturgy and the Language of Love Rev. Jerry Pokorsky
As they consider a new round of proposed changes in the Sacramentary, the American bishops might face the question of how liturgical language mirrors marital love. This article appeared in the June 1995 issue of 'The Catholic World Report.'

776. LITURGY - LITWRD.TXT - The Liturgy and the Word of God Various
Published in 1959 by the Liturgical Press. Papers given at the Third National Congress of the 'Centre de Pastorale Liturgique,' Strasbourg, France, 1958. Essays are by Martimort, Jounel, Danielou, Von Balthasar, Bouyer, Roguet, Gelineau, Condreau, Moeller, Lecuyer, and Spuelbeck. LITURGY BIBLE CHURCH MISSAL MASS GOSPEL EPISTLE TESTAMENT CHRIST WORD

777. LITURGY - LITWRD.ZIP - The Liturgy and the Word of God Various
Published in 1959 by the Liturgical Press. Papers given at the Third National Congress of the 'Centre de Pastorale Liturgique,' Strasbourg, France, 1958. Essays are by Martimort, Jounel, Danielou, Von Balthasar, Bouyer, Roguet, Gelineau, Condreau, Moeller, Lecuyer, and Spuelbeck. LITURGY BIBLE CHURCH MISSAL MASS GOSPEL EPISTLE TESTAMENT CHRIST WORD

778. Liturgy - zliturlife.htm - The Liturgy Source of Life, Prayer and Catechesis Don Mauro Gagliardi
Father Gagliardi, full Professor at the Pontifical Athenaeum “Regina Apostolorum,” professor at the Università Europea di Roma, explains how the liturgy is the source of life. From it grace flows, which is the work of Christ, Author of grace. CHURCH EVANGELIZATION CONVERSION PRAYER CATECHISM

779. Liturgy - zfathrlitur.htm - The Liturgy, Work of the Trinity/1: God the Father Father Nicola Bux
Father Nicola Bux, Professor of Eastern Liturgy and Consultor of several Congregations in the Curia, defines "liturgy" in terms of blessing, first the divine blessing whose source is the Father, bringing all good things, and second the human blessing, which is our response of adoration, praise and thanksgiving. BENEDICTIO EULOGIA KNEELING TEMPLE OFFERING RESURRECTION PASCHAL MYSTERY

780. Liturgy - zsonlitur.htm - The Liturgy, Work of the Trinity/2: God the Son Uwe Michael Lang, CO
Father Lang, an Official of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, refers to the Catechism (1084-1090) in describing the liturgy as the Paschal mystery of Christ brought to realization in all times and places. APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION TRADITION RITE NEW JERUSALEM EUCHARIST SACRIFICE

781. Liturgy - zspirlitur.htm - The Liturgy, Work of the Trinity/3: God the Holy Spirit Paul Gunter, OSB
Father Gunter, professor at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Rome, reflects on liturgy as the work of the Holy Spirit who, by sanctifying us, seals us, as a communion of faith, into the loving relationship of the Trinity. PASSOVER PASCHAL MYSTERY EPICLESIS

782. LITURGY - LONGVIEW.TXT - The Long View of Short Breviaries Adoremus magazine
What Does It Mean if a Text is 'Not Approved for Liturgical Use'?

783. Liturgy - ZLITUR51.HTM - The Lord Be With You Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The priest is not authorized to change the approved text, "The Lord Be With You," to, "The Lord Is With You," which is not approved. MASS EUCHARIST

784. Liturgy - zlitur291.htm - The Meaning of Should Father Edward McNamara
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The word "should," in liturgical use, is not a strict canonical term, but is to be taken in its ordinary meaning of obligation. LITURGICAL NORMS GIRM CANONS

785. Liturgy - zlitur507.htm - The Mystery of Faith Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father explains the origin and meaning of "the Mystery of Faith," said at the end of the Consecration in the Mass. EUCHARIST ST LEO ACCLAMATIONS

786. LITURGY - MYSLENT.TXT - The Mystery of Lent Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
The sacred season of Lent is rich in mysteries.The Church has made it a time of recollection and penance, in preparation for the greatest of all her feasts; she brings into it everything that could excite the faith of her children, and encourage them to go through the arduous work of atonement for their sins. Abbot Gueranger helps us to "look beyond the little world which surrounds us, and see how the whole Christian universe is, at this very time, offering this forty days' penance as a sacrifice of propitiation to the offended Majesty of God; and let us hope that, as in the case of the Ninivites, He will mercifully accept this year's offering of our atonement, and pardon us our sins."

787. LITURGY - MYSTPASC.TXT - The Mystery of Paschal Time Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
"Of all the seasons of the liturgical year Eastertide is by far the richest in mystery. . . . The Christian who is happy enough to enter, with his whole mind and heart, into the knowledge and love of the Paschal Mystery, has reached the very centre of the supernatural life."

788. LITURGY - MYSTHW.TXT - The Mystery of Passiontide and Holy Week Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
The holy liturgy is rich in mystery during these days of the Church's celebrating the anniversaries of so many wonderful events. Abbot Gueranger explains the general character of the mysteries of these two weeks.

790. Liturgy - INDULGEN.HTM - The New Enchiridion Indulgentiarum Fr. T.M. Sparks, O.P.
The revised manual of indulgenced prayers and other pious acts
and objects, issued in 1968, in compliance with Pope Paul VI's
Indulgentiarum Doctrina, is reviewed (Dec '68) with praise for its
"evangelical simplicity, its emphasis on Holy Scripture and
contemporary expression of Church teaching, and above all in its
insistence on the supreme importance of the individual's devout,
loving acts." RACCOLTA PLENARY PARTIAL TREASURY OF MERIT
CONCESSIONS

791. Liturgy - zlitur656.htm - The New Marian Memorial Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In answer to a question of which should take precedence if the new Obligatory Memorial of Mary Mother of the Church should coincide with a Feast, Father says the Feast would have precedence. PENTECOST CROSS

792. Liturgy - zlitvest.htm - The Noble Simplicity of Liturgical Vestments Father Uwe Michael Lang, CO
Father Lang, a member of the Congregation of the Oratory, Consultor of the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, and an official of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, cites magisterial statements on the importance of beauty in liturgy, with particular application to liturgical vestments. EUCHARIST SACRED ART CHASUBLES

793. Liturgy - zlitur395.htm - The Old Catholic and Polish National Churches Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In cases of necessity, no Catholic priest being available, sacraments may be received from Polish National Catholic priests, as from priests of Eastern Orthodox Churches. OLD CATHOLIC CHURCHES UTRECHT ORDINATION OF WOMEN APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION

794. Liturgy - zlitur397.htm - The Papal Coronation Oath Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Despite charges by sedevacantists that the Pope's so-called coronation oath was abolished after Vatican II, there is little evidence that any such oath was ever taken by a newly elected Pope. PATROLOGIA LATINA CAMELAUCUM PHRYGIUM HONORIUS

795. Liturgy - zlitur650.htm - The Part of Consecration at Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to the question of when precisely the consecration takes place in the Mass, Father answers that it begins at the epiclesis and ends at "Do this in memory of me." KNEEL EUCHARISTIC PRAYER ACCLAMATION MYSTERIUM FIDEI ANAMNESIS

796. Liturgy - piccaugcross.htm - The Passion of Christ in the Logic of St Augustine Nicola Gori
Nicola Gori interviews Sr Rita Piccione, President of the Our Lady of Good Counsel Federation of Augustinian Monasteries in Italy, who wrote the meditations for the Way of Cross, led by Pope Benedict XVI on Good Friday, 22 April 2011. In particular, Sr Rita responds to questions on how she prepared the texts and on the influence of St Augustine. WOMEN PRAYER MONASTICISM NUNS CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE CRUCIFIXION

797. Liturgy - zprstwrdmas.htm - The Priest and the Liturgy of the Word at Mass Father Mauro Gagliardi
Father Gagliardi, a consultor of the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, gives directions on how the Liturgy of the Word is to be conducted, in both the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the Roman Rite. See Index Page. LOW MASS EPISTLE GRADUAL TRACT SEQUENCE GOSPEL RESPONSORIAL PSALM AMBO LECTORS READERS HOMILY

798. Liturgy - zprpaschtrid.htm - The Priest and the Paschal Triduum Father Nicola Bux
Father Nicola Bux, professor of Eastern Liturgy and Consultor of several Holy See dicasteries, proposes a substantial liturgical meditation on the key moments and symbols of the celebrations proper to Palm Sunday and the Holy Triduum. See Index Page. CONVERSION ORDINATION HOLY THURSDAY GOOD FRIDAY ADORATION OF CROSS NEW FIRE PASCHAL CANDLE

799. Liturgy - zprconclud.htm - The Priest in the Concluding Rites of the Mass Father Mauro Gagliardi
In this article, Father Mauro Gagliardi, a consultor of the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff and professor of theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum of Rome, explains the role of the priest in the concluding rites of the Mass, in both Ordinary and Extraordinary forms. See Index Page. ROMAN RITE DISMISSAL BLESSING PLACEAT

800. Liturgy - zpriestoffert.htm - The Priest in the Offertory of the Mass Father Juan José Silvestre Valór
This article by Juan José Silvestre Valór, professor of liturgy at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross and consultor to the Office of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, describes the priest's role in the Offertory of the Holy Mass. See Index Page. ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY FORM OBLATIO DONORUM PRESENTATION OF GIFTS AD ORIENTEM MYSTERIUM FIDEI PASCHAL MYSTERY SACRIFICE LAVABO

801. LITURGY - NEWMAS.TXT - The Problem of the New Mass Fr. William Most
Fr. Most reviews the book 'The Problem of the New Mass' by Rama P. Coomaraswamy. He says that the author shows both disobedience and lack of faith in this attack on the New Mass. NOVUS ORDO MOST MASS VALIDITY JEREMIAS CANON

802. Liturgy - MARRIAGE.HTM - The Rite of Marriage Archbishop Annibale Bugnini
A short history of the revised rite of marriage, published in
1969 by the Sacred Congregation of Rites, is followed by a
description of the changes from the old rite. TRENT ROMAN RITUAL
NUPTIAL MASS UNBAPTIZED

803. LITURGY - SACREDTR.TXT - The Sacredness of Tradition Alice Von Hildebrand
'Of Satan's many tools, perhaps the most insidious are the hidden techniques he has devised: infiltration from within, and the topic we are now addressing - erosion (or outright abolition) of sacred customs and traditions.' This article was taken from the December 1995 issue of 'Christian Order'.

804. Liturgy - zlitur293.htm - The Sanctus Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. To the question of why, in the phrasing of the current English translation of the Latin Missal, the third "Holy" is joined with "Lord," rather than "Lord" with "God," the answer is that the Latin punctuation is ambiguous. MASS BENEDICTUS

805. LITURGY - SPRLIT.TXT - The Spirit of the Liturgy Romano Guardini
Published in 1935 by Sheed & Ward. The Church's effect on us must not be confined to books, but put into effect where the Church touches the individual most closely--in parish and in the liturgical parish life. It is through the Liturgy that the life of the individual become an integral part of the life of the Church. PRAYER FELLOWSHIP STYLE SYMBOL PRIMACY LOGOS ETHOS GUARDINI LITURGY

806. LITURGY - SPRLIT.ZIP - The Spirit of the Liturgy Romano Guardini
Published in 1935 by Sheed & Ward. The Church's effect on us must not be confined to books, but put into effect where the Church touches the individual most closely--in parish and in the liturgical parish life. It is through the Liturgy that the life of the individual become an integral part of the life of the Church. PRAYER FELLOWSHIP STYLE SYMBOL PRIMACY LOGOS ETHOS GUARDINI LITURGY

807. Liturgy - zlitur323.htm - The Te Deum Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Te Deum, the ancient Latin hymn, is in the Divine Office and has been traditionally sung on important religious and state occasions. NICETAS EUCHARIST INTINCTION

808. LITURGY - 3SUNADV.TXT - The Third Sunday of Advent Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
The Lord has not come but he is nearer than before, and therefore the Church lessens somewhat the austerity of this penitential season by rejoicing, a visible sign of this being the pink vestments in place of the purple. Also known as Gaudete Sunday.

809. LITURGY - TRNMUS.TXT - The Training of a Church Musician Richard Schuler
An essay on proper training for Church musicians by Msgr. Schuler, published in Sacred Music, vol. 117, no. 3, Fall 1990. SACRED MUSIC CHURCH MUSICIAN TRAINING EDUCATION SCHULER

810. Liturgy - translitur.htm - The Translation of Liturgical Texts Cardinal George Pell
On 20 February 2014, Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, spoke at a symposium at the Pontifical Lateran University, entitled: "Sacrosanctum Concilium: Gratitude for and Commitment to a Great Ecclesial Movement". The conference was organized by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Disipline of the Sacraments to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Conciliar Constitution dedicated to sacred liturgy. VERNACULAR ENGLISH LATIN CONSILIUM COMME LE PRÉVOIT DYNAMIC EQUIVALENCE FORMAL EQUIVALENCE PROTESTANT

811. Liturgy - zmissalet.htm - The Use of Missals and Missalettes During Mass Father Paul Gunter, OSB
Benedictine Father Paul Gunter, professor of the Pontifical Institute of Liturgy in Rome, expects a revival of the use of missals by the laity, in order to follow the new translation of the Roman rite. RECUSANTS LITURGICAL MOVEMENT HOMILY SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM

812. Liturgy - zlitur431.htm - Theology of Latin- and Eastern-Rite Liturgies Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While there are differences in emphasis between the Latin and Eastern rites, in essence they are the same Mass. EUCHARIST EPICLESIS SACRIFICE HOLY SPIRIT

813. Liturgy - TABERNAC.HTM - They Have Taken Away My Lord, and I Know Not Where They Have Laid Him Helen Hitchcock
Removing the tabernacle from the main altar, according to some
liturgists, is required by documents following Vatican II. But
what do the documents really say? The author also examines the
theological implications of moving the Blessed Sacrament, as
exemplified by views of those urging this reform. An article from
Adoremus Bulletin, July/August 1999. MASS SACRIFICE
COMMUNION WORSHIP EUCHARIST BERENGARIUS TRANSUBSTANTIATION CANON
LAW ENVIRONMENT AND ART IN CATHOLIC WORSHIP (EACW)

814. LITURGY - ADOREMUS.TXT - This file describes the non-profit Adoremus
organization, ADOREMUS. ADOREMUS was begun for the sole purpose of promoting authentic reforms of the liturgy of the Roman Rite according to the intention of the Second Vatican Council as expressed in its decree on the liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium.

815. Liturgy - ZLITUR20.HTM - Through him, with him ... ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. The GIRM (no. 151) clearly states that the doxology, "Per ipsum," at the end of the Eucharistic Prayer, is to be said or sung by the priest alone. MASS LAITY

816. LITURGY - STAND.TXT - To stand or not to stand. 'When?' is the Question Charles Wilson
In this article taken from the December 1995 issue of 'Thy Kingdom Come', Charles Wilson answers questions about the appropriate posture of the congregation during Mass.

817. Liturgy - zlitur362.htm - Translating Pro Multis Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A letter from the Congregation for Divine Worship (10/17/2006) to all Presidents of the Conferences of Bishops stated that, from henceforth, the Latin pro multis in the words of consecration should be translated more literally as "for many," or their equivalent in the various languages. MASS EUCHARIST

818. Liturgy - zlitur363.htm - Translating Visibilium Omnium et Invisibilium Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In the Nicene Creed of the new Roman Missal, "visible and invisible" better expresses the totality of creation, including both physical and spiritual realms. CREATOR HEAVEN EARTH ANGELS CATECHISM

819. Liturgy - zlitur418.htm - Translating From the English Missal Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. With some latitude for less widely diffused languages, translations of the Roman Missal are to be made directly from the Latin, rather than from another already approved translation. MASS CONFERENCE OF BISHOPS RECOGNITIO LITURGIAM AUTHENTICAM

820. Liturgy - zlitur407.htm - Translations of Marian Masses Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On how and when to apply the new missal translation to the collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary in English, only the proper texts of each Mass of the BVM would be used, while the Ordinary would come from the new missal. NUPTIAL BLESSING WATER BAPTISMAL PROMISES LITURGY OF HOURS

821. Liturgy - zlitur658.htm - Treatment of Partially Consumed Hosts Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In answer to a question regarding a Host only partially consumed (as by an elderly or infirm person), Father explains the procedure for disposing of it. PRECIOUS BLOOD HOLY COMMUNION SACRARIUM BLESSED SACRAMENT

822. Liturgy - zlitur551.htm - Tuning Out at the Homily Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As it is the celebrant's duty to prepare and deliver a homily at each Sunday Mass, so it is the duty of the faithful to "understand and embrace that teaching insofar as it conforms to Catholic truth." SUNDAY OBLIGATION PREACHING HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION MAGISTERIUM SERMON

823. LITURGY - TURNTABL.TXT - Turning the Tables: A Commentary on an Editorial in 'Notitiae' Rev. John T. Zuhlsdorf
May 1993. Rev. Zuhlsdorf discusses this editorial concerning the orientation of altars and celebrations of the Mass facing the people. He reminds us that 'While some of the things in Notitiae have an official character, such as a decree or clarification, an editorial has no authority other than that derived from the strength of its arguments and ability to persuade.' ZUHLSDORF NOTITIAE ALTAR AD ORIENTEM VERSUS

824. LITURGY - TURNTABL.ZIP - Turning the Tables: A Commentary on an Editorial in 'Notitiae' Rev. John T. Zuhlsdorf
May 1993. Rev. Zuhlsdorf discusses this editorial concerning the orientation of altars and celebrations of the Mass facing the people. He reminds us that 'While some of the things in Notitiae have an official character, such as a decree or clarification, an editorial has no authority other than that derived from the strength of its arguments and ability to persuade.' ZUHLSDORF NOTITIAE ALTAR AD ORIENTEM VERSUS

825. Liturgy - zlitur578.htm - Two Lecterns in a Church Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A reader asks why some churches have two lecterns, to which Father replies that early churches had a double ambo, the higher for reading the Gospel or the bishop's homily, the lower for the other readings, but today there's no real need for more than one ambo. BOOK OF THE GOSPELS CANTOR MISSAL

826. Liturgy - zlitur145.htm - Unauthorized Baptism Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The question is addressed of whether a child ought to be baptized without the parents' consent, and if the baptism would be valid. SACRAMENT FORM MATTER

827. Liturgy - unitdivers.htm - Unity of Faith in Diversity of Expression Fr Steven J. Lopes
Father Steven Lopes, of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, illustrates the liturgical accommodation, in the publication of Divine Worship: Occasional Services, for former Anglicans who have been received, as a personal ordinariate, into the Catholic Church, according to the provisions of Anglicanorum coetibus. PATRIMONY BAPTISM MARRIAGE FUNERALS ENGLISH

828. Liturgy - zlitur376.htm - Upside-down Crosses Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The inverted Latin cross sometimes seen on the Holy Father's chair is the Petrine cross, from the tradition that St Peter was crucified upside down. CRUCIFIX

830. Liturgy - zlitur382.htm - Use of a Hand Missal at Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although the general preference is that the liturgy, including the readings, be heard rather than read, the use of hand missals is not discouraged if they assist in our understanding. MASS LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

831. Liturgy - zlitur116.htm - Use of Altars by Non-Catholics Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Ecumenical Directory allows for use of a Catholic church and altar by a non-Catholic community, with authorization from the local Bishop. BLESSED SACRAMENT LITURGY EUCHARIST ANGLICAN EPISCOPALIAN

832. Liturgy - zlitur556.htm - Use of an Antimension in the Latin Church Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In some cases, use of an antimension (a square of cloth into which a relic is sown) is allowable in the Latin Church. BYZANTINE GREEKS ALTAR STONE

833. Liturgy - zlitur133.htm - Use of Mustum at Mass Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. When a priest has permission to use mustum instead of wine at Mass, he must also consecrate wine for concelebrants and communicants receiving under both kinds. INTINCTION ALCOHOLISM CONCELEBRATION

834. Liturgy - zlitur432.htm - Use of Orthodox Holy Oils Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In a case where holy oils are inaccessible to a Catholic priest, he may use holy oils provided by an Orthodox priest. PRISON CHAPLAIN ANOINTING OF THE SICK

835. Liturgy - ZLITUR60.HTM - Use of the Church Organ During Advent Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. During Advent, moderate and selective playing of the organ is permitted in solos as well as for the accompaniment of singing. MASS EUCHARIST MUSIC

836. Liturgy - zlitur562.htm - Use of the Corporal Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father answers questions about the use and care of the corporal, the square piece of linen on which bread and wine are consecrated. ALTAR CREDENCE TABLE MASS MONSTRANCE CHALICE CIBORIUM CONSECRATION

837. Liturgy - zlitur411.htm - Using an iPad at the Gospel Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Use of an iPad for the reading of the Gospel at Mass would not be appropriate, since the Book of the Gospels has been blessed and reserved for that holy use, whereas a tablet has many other than sacred functions. BREVIARY MISSAL

838. Liturgy - zlitur229.htm - Using Classrooms for Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There may be occasions when Mass in a classroom is desirable, but in general it's best to have it in a sacred place. BISHOP SCHOOL

839. Liturgy - zlitur112.htm - Using Deacons as Readers and Servers Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While deacons may perform other functions where necessity dictates, the norm is that each ministry take its own proper role. SEMINARY EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS

840. Liturgy - zlitur189.htm - Using Multiple Ciboria and Chalices Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The main chalice and paten should be placed directly in front of the celebrant, but if more chalices and patens are necessary, they should have a place on the altar as well. CONSECRATION COMMUNICANTS COMMUNION CORPORALS

841. Liturgy - zlitur608.htm - Using Old Easter Candles Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Using an old Easter Candle is not ideal, but it might be acceptable if refurbished, including replacement of decorations, so as to become like new. PASCHAL CANDLE DIVINE OFFICE MASS EASTER VIGIL

842. Liturgy - zlitur196.htm - Using the Chalice Pall Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. He gives guidelines from common practice on when the pall should cover the chalice during celebration of Mass. CHALICE VEIL INSECTS

843. Liturgy - zlitur447.htm - Using the Purifier on the Lips Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The purifier (purificator) is used to wipe the lip of the cup, not normally the celebrant's lips. CHALICE ABLUTIONS PRECIOUS BLOOD

844. Liturgy - zlitur95.htm - Ustedes vs. Vosotros Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The substitution of ustedes for vosotros in the Mass has been permitted in Mexico, and for pastoral reasons may be permitted by bishops in other countries where Mexican faithful worship. EUCHARIST SPANISH MISSAL

845. Liturgy - zlitur503.htm - Varying Editions of the Liturgy of the Hours Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father answers questions about the differences between editions of the Liturgy of the Hours in English. CHRISTIAN PRAYER DIVINE OFFICE BIBLE LECTIONARY

847. Liturgy - zlitur550.htm - Venerating Icons at Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There are no specific instructions regarding the veneration of icons during Mass, but the GIRM provides general information on the use of incense. IMAGES THURIBLE INCENSATION RELICS

848. Liturgy - zlitur288.htm - Venerating Relics at Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Genuflections are not made to relics, excepting only a relic of the True Cross, or other relic of the Passion, when publicly exposed. BLESSED SACRAMENT SAINTS GOOD FRIDAY HOLY SATURDAY

849. Liturgy - zlitur287.htm - Veneration for a Venerable Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Public liturgical or paraliturgical veneration of a Servant of God, not beatified, is forbidden, though private, personal veneration is permitted. BEATIFICATION CANONIZATION

850. Liturgy - zlitur181.htm - Veneration of Altar at End of Mass Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Concelebrants bow to the altar, leaving the principal celebrant and deacon to kiss the altar at the end of Mass. GENUFLECTION TABERNACLE

851. LITURGY - 15348A.TXT - Verbum Supernum Prodiens Catholic Encyclopedia
The first line of two hymns celebrating respectively the Nativity of Christ and the Institution of the Holy Eucharist.

852. Liturgy - zlitur414.htm - Vestment Colors at a Concelebration Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. When sufficient chasubles of the color of the day are lacking at a concelebration, all but the main celebrant may wear white chasubles, or else stoles of the proper color over albs, or white stoles. VESTMENTS CONCELEBRANTS MASS EUCHARIST

853. Liturgy - zlitur607.htm - Vestments for Exposition and Benediction Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. For Exposition and Benediction, white is the standard color for stole, cope, and humeral veil, though there are exceptions, as on Good Friday, or in the context of another liturgical act. BLESSED SACRAMENT EUCHARIST MASS RED VIOLET

854. Liturgy - zlitur427.htm - Vestments in Hot Climates Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Vestments remind priest and people alike that he is a sacred minister, and should be worn even in hot climates. MASS EUCHARIST

857. Liturgy - zlitur423.htm - Votive Offices in the Liturgy of the Hours Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although substitution of a votive office for the office of the day is permitted (except on solemnities and certain other days), it should be for pastoral, rather than devotional reasons. LITURGY OF THE HOURS DIVINE OFFICE BREVIARY

858. Liturgy - zlitur602.htm - Washing of Hands Instead of Feet Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. At the Mass of the Lord's Supper, the feet of 12 of the faithful (men or women) may be washed, not their hands, in fulfillment of the commandment of Christ. HOLY THURSDAY MANDATUM ANAMNESIS

859. Liturgy - zlitur123.htm - Washing of the Feet on Holy Thursday Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although the Holy See made an exception for a particular United States diocese, the norm is for men only to have their feet washed on Holy Thursday. PASCHALES SOLEMNITATIS

860. Liturgy - ZLITUR26.HTM - Washing of Women's Feet on Holy Thursday? ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions on rites and practices of Lent and Holy Week. Holy water fonts are not to be emptied before the Triduum. The Washing of Feet is limited to men. Adoration of the Cross requires a crucifix, not a bare cross. GOOD FRIDAY HOLY SATURDAY

861. Liturgy - zlitur124.htm - Way of the Cross Within Mass Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "No priest has the authority to add or remove anything prescribed in the liturgical books by his own decision." GOOD FRIDAY INTINCTION

862. Liturgy - zlitur614.htm - Ways to Gain an Indulgence Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father lists and explains the conditions for receiving a plenary indulgence. PARTIAL INDULGENCE ENCHIRIDION OF INDULGENCES SCRIPTURE DEATH CONFESSION COMMUNION ATTACHMENT TO SIN INTENTIONS OF THE POPE

863. Liturgy - zlitur582.htm - We Have Liturgy Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In reply to the questions of what is liturgy, and whether there is liturgy in heaven, Father answers that liturgy is our participation in the priestly office of Jesus Christ; in heaven our participation will continue in a fuller measure, without rites and signs. SANCTIFICATION SACRIFICE SACRAMENTS GUARDINI

864. Liturgy - zlitur364.htm - Wearing Stoles Over the Chasuble Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While exceptions have been made for some countries, the universal law of the Church is that the stole be worn under the chasuble. GOTHIC ROMAN FIDDLEBACK CHASUBLES

865. Liturgy - zlitur105.htm - Wearing the Cassock Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While, apart from special circumstances, a priest should be readily identifiable in public by his dress, the form of clerical garb differs with culture and custom. SOUTANE ALB

866. Liturgy - zlitur365.htm - Wearing the Rosary as a Necklace Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In our current culture, it is not advisable to wear a rosary as a necklace, unless one can wear it to the glory of God, and not merely as a fashion accessory. SACRED OBJECTS

867. Liturgy - zlitur309.htm - Weddings in Lent Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Church does not forbid weddings during Lent, but neither does she particularly encourage them. MARRIAGE MATRIMONY NUPTIAL MASS GOOD FRIDAY HOLY SATURDAY

868. Liturgy - zlitur332.htm - What Consubstantial Means Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The word "consubstantial," used in the new English translation of the Nicene Creed, although needing some explanation, is more accurate than "one in Being," as in the previous translation. MASS EUCHARIST SUBSTANCE NICAEA HOMOOUSIOS

869. Liturgy - zlitur164.htm - What a Concelebrant Must Recite Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "For a concelebrant's Mass to be valid the words of consecration recited in a low but audible voice is strictly necessary," though for regularity, he is obliged to recite also all parts required by the GIRM. CONCELEBRATION WORDS EUCHARISTIC PRAYER ANAMNESIS EPICLESIS

870. Liturgy - zlitur190.htm - What a Deacon Can Do Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A deacon may preside at Benediction, if a priest is absent or impeded, but never if a priest is present. VESTMENTS DIACONATE

871. Liturgy - ZLITUR16.HTM - What About 1967's Musicam Sacram? ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a question on liturgical norms. Musicam Sacram, though largely overlooked, is still in force, except where superceded by the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2000). LITURGICAL MUSIC GREGORIAN CHANT SINGING LATIN

872. Liturgy - ZLITURG3.HTM - What About Inappropriately Dressed Lectors? ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. Standards for appropriate attire should be set ahead of time, to avoid situations that may offend or cause scandal. MINISTERS

873. LITURGY - HOLDAY.TXT - What About Our Holy Days? Fr. Robert Skeris
This article, by Fr. Robert Skeris, is from Sacred Music, Volume 118, Number 2, Summer 1991. SKERIS HOLY DAYS SACRED MUSIC

874. Liturgy - zlitur615.htm - What Chalices Should Be Made Of Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As to the material from which the chalice, paten, and other sacred vessels are made, the preference is still for precious metals. PRECIOUS BLOOD BODY AND BLOOD GLASS CRYSTAL CERAMICS GOLD

877. Liturgy - zlitur499.htm - What Prayer Does Not Dare to Ask Father Edward McNamara LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father answers a question regarding the collect for the 27th Week of Ordinary Time, viz, what prayer might not dare to ask. ROMAN MISSAL ANGLICAN PRAYER BOOK

878. Liturgy - zlitur440a.htm - What Should Be Prayed in the Liturgy of the Hours Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. All Latin-rite priests and transitional deacons pray the entire Liturgy of the Hours. Permanent deacons pray that part of the office determined by the competent local authorities. Non-clerical religious and other consecrated souls pray that part of the office as determined by their particular legislation and personal commitments. DIVINE OFFICE MORNING PRAYER LAUDS EVENING PRAYER VESPERS OFFICE OF READINGS COMPLINE

879. Liturgy - zlitur89 - What To Do with Old Ceramic Vessels Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Ceramic vessels, taken out of sacred use according to the instruction against nonmetalic chalices or ciboria, may not be put to a common use. EUCHARIST MASS GIRM

880. Liturgy - zlitur469.htm - What to Use for Sprinkling Holy Water Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. For the rite of blessing with holy water, the sprinkler may be in the form of a hollow perforated ball, a brush, or a sprig of hyssop or other shrub. ASPERGILLUM

881. Liturgy - zlitabtlm.htm - What's Behind Liturgical Abuses? ZENIT
The bishop of a Brazilian community that celebrates the Mass according to the 1962 missal contends that abuses in the liturgy can be attributed to the lack of a serious spirituality. Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan, apostolic administrator of the St. John Maria Vianney Personal Apostolic Administration in Brazil, spoke with ZENIT about the richness of the extraordinary form of the Mass. SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM RANGEL TRIDENTINE LATIN NOVUS ORDO

882. Liturgy - EACW.HTM - What's the Real Story on Environment and Art? Staff of Adoremus BulletinEnvironment and Art in Catholic Worship, a document
issued by a liturgical committee in 1978 and used to
justify drastic changes in church architecture, is under
revision. Liturgists favoring the changes are dismayed by certain
points in what may be a leaked copy of the revision,
including space required for kneeling and the importance of the
priesthood. An article from June 1999. BISHOPS' COMMITTEE ON LITURGY (BCL) INTERNATIONAL
COMMISSION ON ENGLISH LITURGY (ICEL)

883. Liturgy - zlitur338.htm - When 2 Deacons Are Present Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. If there are two deacons taking part in the celebration, the one who is to preach is normally the one who reads the Gospel. WORD EUCHARIST HOMILY

884. Liturgy - zlitur428.htm - When a Baptized Child Enters the Church Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. To the question of whether a baptized child, being received into the Catholic Church, should receive Confirmation, Father replies, "if a child who has reached the age of reason is sufficiently aware so as to be able to freely desire and receive baptism, then it can be reasonably presumed that he or she is also ready for the other sacraments as well." RECEPTION FIRST COMMUNION

885. Liturgy - zlitur480.htm - When a Bishop Doesn't Concelebrate at a Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. When the diocesan bishop is present at Mass, he presides at the celebration, whether or not he is the celebrant. MOZETTA ROCHET BIRETTA ZUCCHETTO CATHEDRA

886. Liturgy - zlitur201.htm - When a Church Is Desacralized Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On how a church is desacralized, it is done by a formal decree of the Bishop "with the consent of those who legitimately claim rights for themselves in the church." DECONSECRATION

887. Liturgy - zlitur320.htm - When a Concelebrant Takes Photos During Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A concelebrant should no more take photos during Mass than he would if he were the lone celebrant. PHOTOGRAPHY CONCELEBRATION

888. Liturgy - ZLITUR83.HTM - When a Consecrated Host Falls Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A fallen host should be picked up immediately, consumed if clean, dissolved is soiled, and the water poured into the sacrarium. PRECIOUS BLOOD SACRILEGE

889. Liturgy - zlitur648.htm - When a Feast of the Lord Falls on a Saturday Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. When a Feast of the Lord falls on a Saturday, since Sunday is a day of obligation, the Mass for Sunday is celebrated on Saturday evening. LIURGICAL PRECEDENCE HOLY DAY LITURGICAL YEAR VESPERS EVENING PRAYER FEAST OF PRECEPT CONCURRENCE

890. Liturgy - zlitur177.htm - When a Host Isn't Swallowed Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. When a Host, partially consumed by a sick person, needs to be disposed of, it should be dissolved in water and poured into the sacrarium or in the ground. COMMUNION MISSALS

891. Liturgy - ZLITUR76.HTM - When a Pope Dies Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. During an interregnum, there is no intercession for the Pope in the Eucharistic Prayer; deceased popes are traditionally vested in red, the color of the Apostles. PAPAL FUNERAL VESTMENTS LITURGICAL COLORS SEDE VACANTE

892. Liturgy - ZLITUR68.HTM - When a Priest Is in Mortal Sin Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. If a priest is in mortal sin, he is obliged to confess before celebrating any sacrament, though the sacrament is not thereby invalidated if he is not in a state of grace. CONFESSION SCANDAL INFAMY LATAE SENTENTIAE COMMUNION

893. Liturgy - zlitur326.htm - When a Priest lives in Public Sin Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A priest in mortal sin should abstain, as far as possible, from celebrating the sacraments before receiving absolution. CONTRITION CONFESSION PENANCE MATRIMONY ABORTION BISHOP EXCOMMUNICATION

894. Liturgy - zlitur192.htm - When an Orthodox Joins the Catholic Church Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. An Orthodox Christian, already baptized, confirmed, and receiving the Eucharist, can be received into the the Catholic Church by profession of faith, after doctrinal and spiritual formation. He may also participate in the Church's sacramental life even before formal incorporation. EASTERN RITE PROFESSION OF FAITH

895. Liturgy - zlitur596.htm - When Bodies Are Donated for Research Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. If the whole body of the deceased has been donated to medical science, a memorial Mass may be celebrated without the body. When the remains are returned to the family, another Mass may be celebrated. ORGAN DONATION CREMATION FUNERAL

896. Liturgy - zlitur151.htm - When Celebrating Mass Alone Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. For occasions when a priest is obliged to celebrate Mass alone, Father provides a list what is omitted from the liturgy. EUCHARIST GIRM

897. Liturgy - zlitur107.htm - When Eucharistic Prayer IV Can Be Used Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Eucharistic Prayer IV, which has its own Preface, can be used when no proper Preface is required for the Mass of the day. SOLEMNITIES VOTIVE MASSES

898. Liturgy - zlitur465.htm - When Putting Incense in Thurible Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. During the Alleluia (or other chant), the priest should stand while putting incense in the thurible, rather than sit, as the Bishop does. MASS EUCHARIST CONCELEBRANT DEACON

899. Liturgy - zlitur167.htm - When Reading the Passion Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father answers a series of questions relating to the reading of the Passion on Palm Sunday and Good Friday.

900. Liturgy - zlitur527.htm - When Returning Hosts to the Tabernacle Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. To the question of whether the people should stand when the Blessed Sacrament is returned to the tabernacle after Communion, the GIRM does not indicate a formal rite. STAND KNEEL GENUFLECTION

901. Liturgy - zlitur299.htm - When the Faithful Take the Host Directly Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Magisterial documents on the proper mode of intinction direct that the people are not to take the Host directly from the ciborium or themselves dip the Host into the chalice. COMMUNION IN THE HAND

902. Liturgy - zlitur442.htm - When the Holy See Is Vacant Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. When the Holy See is vacant, whether through the death of a pope or his resignation, "the pope's name, and the entire phrase referring to the pope, is omitted from the Eucharistic Prayer" until the election of his successor. BISHOP

903. Liturgy - zlitur322.htm - When the Liturgy of the Eucharist is Fast Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although the Liturgy of the Word takes longer, balance may be restored to the Liturgy of the Eucharist by increased use of incense, candles, and singing. PHOTOGRAPHY EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

904. Liturgy - zlitur282.htm - When the Mass Officially Begins Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On when the Mass officially begins, it begins with recitation of the antiphon, or the singing of a hymn or entrance chant. PSALMS

905. Liturgy - zlitur295.htm - When the Priest Should Receive Communion Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The so-called "servant model" of distributing Holy Communion, in which the priest receives after the people, is illicit. MASS ABUSES

906. Liturgy - zlitur205.htm - When There's a Medical Emergency Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. When a medical emergency interrupts Mass, the celebrant's response is governed by no general rule beyond using common sense and pastoral tact. CONSECRATION

907. Liturgy - zlitur101.htm - When to Bow Before Communion Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. When there is a large number of communicants, bowing behind the person receiving communion is appropriate. MASS EUCHARIST REVERENCE GENUFLECTION

908. Liturgy - zwhenceleb.htm - When to Celebrate?/1 The Liturgical Season Nicola Bux
Father Nicola Bux, Professor of Eastern Liturgy at Bari and Consultor of several Congregations in the Curia, explains the meaning of the liturgical year. In Christ, God entered time, becoming every man's contemporary. His actions are always present, with all their merits, bringing salvation to all who recall them. FEASTS EUCHARIST HODIE KAIROS

909. Liturgy - zdayLord.htm - When to Celebrate?/2: The Day of the Lord Natale Scarpitta
Father Natale Scarpitta, doing doctoral studies in Canon Law at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome, accounts for the importance of Sundays in the liturgical year. DAY OF THE LORD DIES DOMINICUS PASCH EASTER

910. Liturgy - zlityear.htm - When To Celebrate?/3: The Liturgical Year Juan José Silvestre
A professor of Liturgy at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, explains, in light of the Catechism, why the celebration of Easter concentrates the whole work of redemption. Though the death and resurrection of Christ, as historical events, belong to the past, all that He did "participates in the divine eternity, and so transcends all times while being made present in them all." SALVATION PASCHAL MYSTERY PASSOVER PASSION MARY

911. Liturgy - zceleb4.htm - When to Celebrate?/4: The Liturgy of the Hours Father Mauro Gagliardi
Father Gagliardi, Professor at the Pontifical Athenaeum "Regina Apostolorum,” explains the place of the Liturgy of the Hours in the worship of the Church. He speaks of two intersecting dynamics. As from above, it was brought to earth by Christ, whose incessant prayer is its standard. As from below, it is the movement of the Church, praising and beseeching her Lord. DIVINE OFFICE MORNING EVENING PRAYER PSALMS SCRIPTURE

912. Liturgy - zlitur361.htm - When to Extinguish the Easter Candle Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In the Ordinary Form of the Mass, the Paschal Candle remains in the sanctuary until Pentecost Sunday, although in the Extraordinary Form it is removed after the principal Mass on Ascension Thursday. BAPTISM EASTER SEASON

913. Liturgy - zlitur557.htm - When to Remove the Christmas Crib Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. There is no absolute rule as to when to remove the Christmas crib, and customs vary. Some favor its removal after Epiphany, others after Baptism of the Lord, and still others Candlemas (Feb 2). DECORATIONS NATIVITY SCENE

914. Liturgy - zlitur108.htm - When to Set Up Christmas Decorations Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Customs vary on when to decorate for Christmas, but short of waiting till Christmas Eve, an appropriate time would be December 17 (except for the image of the Child), when liturgical preparation for the Birth of Christ intensify. ADVENT

915. Liturgy - zlitur96.htm - When to Take Up a Second Collection Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The appropriate time for a second collection would be following the Prayer after Communion and before the final blessing. MASS EUCHARIST

916. Liturgy - zlitur505.htm - When to Wear a Dalmatic Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. A deacon wears the dalmatic only when accompanying a priest or bishop in their liturgical functions. COMMUNIONS SERVICES BENEDICTION VESTMENTS LITURGY OF HOURS CHASUBLE

917. Liturgy - zlitur180.htm - When Words Over the Host Are Repeated Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. If the celebrant is distracted, and doesn't use the proper words to consecrate both species, he should be quietly informed before he proceeds much further. MASS CONSECRATION EUCHARIST

918. Liturgy - zlitur140.htm - When Youngsters Request Confirmation Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Although bishops may designate an age for Confirmation, it should be flexible enough to allow Confirmation at an earlier age, when canonical conditions have been met. SACRAMENTS

919. Liturgy - zlitur127.htm - Where Altar Crucifixes Should Face Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. An altar crucifix should be "located on, next to, immediately behind or suspended above the altar," so as to be visibly related to the altar in the view of the people. SACRIFICE CALVARY

920. Liturgy - zwhereceleb.htm - Where Is the Liturgy Celebrated? Father Uwe Michael Lang, CO
Father Lang, an Official of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, explains the relationship between the Church as the body of the faithful, whose head is Christ, and a church as a building. TENT OF MEETING SHEKINAH TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE BASILICA EKKLESIA LITURGICAL SPACE CATECHISM

921. Liturgy - zlitur274.htm - Where the Priest Should Begin Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The priest should begin the Mass at the celebrant's chair, which is most appropriately placed to the side of the altar. AMBO TABERNACLE ALTAR

922. Liturgy - ZLITUR18.HTM - Where the Tabernacle Should Be ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. The Tabernacle may be either in the sanctuary or in a chapel visible from the main body of the church. BLESSED SACRAMENT ADORATION RESERVATION

923. Liturgy - zlitur472.htm - Where to Receive the Bread and Wine Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As to where the bread and wine are to be received at the offertory, they are to be handed to the priest, who passes them to the deacon or other ministers, by whom they are brought to the altar. MASS EUCHARIST CONTRIBUTIONS GIFTS BISHOP

924. Liturgy - zlitur369.htm - Which English Translation to Use Abroad Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. While there are differences in the new translation of the Roman Missal for English-speaking countries, the differences are slight, involving the adaptations of each bishops' conference. PENITENTIAL RITE LITURGICAL CALENDAR GIRM COMMUNION KNEELING STANDING

925. Liturgy - zlitur378.htm - Which Ordinary to Mention at Mass Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. As to which Ordinary to mention in the celebration of Mass, in the Latin rite the criterion is territorial jurisdiction. Other rites may have other criteria. BISHOPS EASTERN CHURCHES RITES ORDINARIATE

926. Liturgy - zcelebrate.htm - Who Celebrates? Father Natale Scarpitta
Father Natale Scarpitta, a priest of the archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, reminds us that our liturgical worship on earth is a participation in the heavenly liturgy and is "the action of the whole people of God, which is ordered and acts under the guidance of the sacred ministers." EUCHARIST MASS EPIPHANY CHURCH BISHOPS

927. Liturgy - ZLITUR84.HTM - Who Goes First in a Procession Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In the processional at Mass, the Book of the Gospels is carried right in front of the priest. The lectionary is not carried at all. EUCHARIST THURIFER THURIBLE CRUCIFER ACOLYTES EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

928. Liturgy - zlitur402.htm - Who Should Sing the Exsultet? Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Exsultet properly is to be sung, and although the preferred minister is the deacon, a priest or cantor may do it if musically more competent. EASTER VIGIL

929. Liturgy - ZLITUR46.HTM - Why For All in the Words of Consecration? Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. On the translation of pro multis as "for all," in the consecration of the Cup, it carries the biblical sense better to modern ears than "for many" does. EUCHARIST MASS ARAMAIC REDEMPTION UNIVERSALISM

930. Liturgy - znamecathlit.htm - Why Yahweh Isn't Used in Catholic Liturgy ZENIT
To understand the Vatican Directive reiterating that the name of God revealed in the tetragrammaton YHWH is not to be pronounced in Catholic liturgy, it helps to know the history behind the Jewish tradition, says biblical expert, Father Michel Remaud, director of the Albert Decourtray Institute, a Christian institute of Jewish studies and Hebrew literature. ADONAI KYRIOS YOM KIPPUR JUDAISM

931. Liturgy - zlitur566.htm - Why Abstinence from Meat Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to the question of why meat in particular is abstained from on certain days, Father summarizes the history of fasting and abstinence in the Church, both east and west. ASH WEDNESDAY GOOD FRIDAY ORTHODOX

935. Liturgy - zlitur150.htm - Why No Amen at End of the Our Father Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Amen, delayed after the end of the Our Father in the Mass liturgy, should not be omitted when the Our Father is said in non-liturgical contexts. LORD'S PRAYER

936. Liturgy - zlitur121.htm - Why No Chicken on Days of Abstinence Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Specifically forbidden on days of abstinence is "flesh meat," which is to say, the flesh of warm-blooded animals. LENTEN FAST PENITENTIAL SEASONS EASTER RITES ORTHODOXY

937. Liturgy - zitur121.htm - Why No Chicken on Days of Abstinence Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Specifically "flesh meat" is forbidden on days of abstinence, which is to say, the flesh of warm-blooded animals. LENTEN FAST PENITENTIAL SEASONS EASTERN RITES ORTHODOX

938. Liturgy - zllitur178.htm - Why No Litanies at a Wedding Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "...[I]t would not be correct to independently replace the prayer of the faithful for a litany of the saints, as this would alter the established rite of Christian marriage." MATRIMONY

939. Liturgy - zlitur178.htm - Why No Litanies at a Wedding Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "...[I]t would not be correct to independently replace the prayer of the faithful for a litany of the saints, as this would alter the established rite of Christian marriage." NUPTIAL MASS

940. Liturgy - zlitur629.htm - Why No Renewal of Wedding Vows Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In answer to the question of why, in the Order of Celebrating Matrimony, there is no provision for the renewal of vows, Father says that an indissoluble bond already exists. SPOUSES BAPTISMAL PROMISES RELIGIOUS PROFESSION ORDINATION COMMITMENTS

941. LITURGY - SILENCE.TXT - Why Not Silence Karoly Kope
In the past silence was the normal state; music was the festive or ceremonial exception. Today silence has become the exception and music the rule. Karoly Kope suggests that if music in church is to be no more than what it has become today silence would be welcome in its stead. One can at least pray in devout silence. KOPE SACRED MUSIC SILENCE

942. Liturgy - zlitur601.htm - Why Not to Empty Holy Water Fonts Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Holy Water fonts are not to be emptied during Lent, but only during the Sacred Triduum. STOUP WASH BAPTISM PURIFICATION

943. Liturgy - zlitur308.htm - Why Only One Chrism Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Even where there are two co-cathedrals in the diocese, there should be only one Chrism Mass, to signify the unity of the presbyterium with its Bishop. CON-CATHEDRAL HOLY THURSDAY HOLY WEEK

944. Liturgy - zlitur539.htm - Why Part of the Host Is Placed in the Chalice Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In reply to the question of why part of the priest's host is placed in the chalice, Father summarizes the history and meaning of the rite. COMMUNION COMMINGLING JUNGMANN

945. Liturgy - zlitur587.htm - Why So Many Rites in the Church Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In response to the question of why the Church has so many rites, Father says it is because the Catholic Church includes many Churches with different histories and heritages. LATIN RITE ALEXANDRIAN ANTIOCHIAN ARMENIAN CHALDEAN CONSTANTINOPOLITAN BYZANTINE ORIENTAL

946. Liturgy - zlitur135.htm - Why the Creed Doesn't Mention the Eucharist Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The Creed doesn't mention the Eucharist, since it wasn't a topic of controversy when the Creed was composed, but faith in the Real Presence is expressed throughout the Mass, especially at the consecration. ARIANISM NICENE CREED

947. Liturgy - zlitmean.htm - Why the Liturgy? What Does Liturgy Mean? Juan José Silvestre
Juan José Silvestre, professor of liturgy at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross and a Consultor of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, reflects on the meaning of liturgy, commenting on Nos. 1066-1070 of the Catechism. FAITH PASCHAL MYSTERY REDEMPTION EUCHARIST

948. LITURGY - MASSTHEO.TXT - Why the Mass? Fr. William Most
Fr. Most explains why there is a need for the Mass and how it can be considered as a sacrifice.

949. LITURGY - WHYMAS.TXT - Why the Mass? Fr. William Most
Fr. William Most's brief explanation of why we have the Mass, rooted in the idea of Sacrifice. MASS LITURGY SACRIFICE CHRIST MOST

950. Liturgy - zlitur269.htm - Why the Various Postures at Mass Father Edward McNamara
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. Father gives the significance of the different postures at Mass, relating them to the various parts of the Liturgy. EUCHARIST STANDING KNEELING SITTING

951. Liturgy - ZLITUR39.HTM - Why Water With Wine Father Edward McNamara
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers common questions on liturgical norms. The custom of mixing water with wine goes back to the time of Christ, and theological meanings have been attached to this custom, so that it is absolutely forbidden to neglect it at Mass. EUCHARIST

952. Liturgy - zzuhlsmotprop.htm - Widening Hearts, Restoring Unity ZENIT
Benedict XVI's motu proprio, Summorum Pontificum, on use of the 1962 Roman Missal, issued 7 July 2007 with accompanying letter to Bishops, is an opportunity for Church members to widen their hearts, according to liturgy expert Father John Zuhlsdorf. For an analysis of the documents, ZENIT turned to Father John Zuhlsdorf, columnist for the national Catholic weekly journal The Wanderer. ECCLESIA DEI ADFLICTA MISSAL PAUL VI TRIDENTINE MASS

954. Liturgy - zlitur142.htm - Withholding Communion at Mass Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. At weddings and funerals, an announcement restricting Communion to Catholics in a state of grace is sufficient to avoid indiscrimate distribution of the Sacrament. EUCHARIST

955. Liturgy - zlitur454.htm - Within the Action Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. The rubric "Within the Action" (Infra Actionem), in Eucharistic Prayer I, refers to the commemoration of Saints (Communicantes) which precedes the continuation of the Sacrifice. GELASIAN SACRAMENTARY CANON HANC IGITUR

956. Liturgy - zlitur520.htm - Women as Cardinals? Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. In answer to the question of whether a woman can be made Cardinal, Father responds in the negative because of the traditional association of the office of Cardinals with the clerical state. CARDINALATE BISHOPS PRIESTS DEACONS CONSALVI BISHOP OF ROME ARCHDIOCESE

957. Liturgy - zlitur439.htm - Women as Masters of Ceremonies Father Edward McNamara, LC
Legionary Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. "Lacking any specific instructions to the contrary from the Holy See, a female master of ceremonies is possible from the point of view of liturgical law." CEREMONIAL OF BISHOPS CANON LAW

958. LITURGY - WOMPRS.TXT - Women Priests? Fr. William Most
An article by Fr. William G. Most examining the meagre evidence found by Prof. Giorgio Otranto to justify the ordination of women, and comparing these findings to the witness of the Fathers and the Magisterium of the Church. MOST PRIEST ORDINATION WOMEN FATHERS MAGISTERIUM OTRANTO FEMINISM

959. LITURGY - WOMPRS.ZIP - Women Priests? Fr. William Most
An article by Fr. William G. Most examining the meagre evidence found by Prof. Giorgio Otranto to justify the ordination of women, and comparing these findings to the witness of the Fathers and the Magisterium of the Church. MOST PRIEST ORDINATION WOMEN FATHERS MAGISTERIUM OTRANTO FEMINISM

960. Liturgy - ZLITURG6.HTM - Words After the Gospel ZENIT
Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers a common question on liturgical norms. The GIRM 2000 gives the correct versicle(s) and responses at the beginning and conclusion of the Gospel. LECTIONARY MISSAL HOMILY

961. Liturgy - CNSLMLIT.HTM - XIth Plenary Session of the Consilium of the Liturgy Very Rev. Annibale Bugnini, C.M.
A report from October 1968 on liturgical changes, prescribed shortly after
Vatican II, as regarding the Mass, Blessing of an Abbot, the
Divine Office, Religious Profession, Holy Week, Funerals, and the
Rite of Baptism. LITURGY VOTIVE MASSES RELIGIOUS ORDERS

962. Liturgy - ZLITUR69.HTM - Year-of-the-Eucharist Indulgence Father Edward McNamara
Father McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, answers questions of general interest on liturgical norms. To gain the special plenary indulgence for saying Evening Prayer and Night Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, they must both be said, but not necessarily together. [Note the asterisk in the list of "usual conditions."] CONFESSION COMMUNION DIVINE OFFICE ENCHIRIDION OF INDULGENCES

963. Liturgy - ZYOUTH.HTM - Youth Jubilee - A Daily Surprise in 2000 ZENIT
This ZENIT report provides information on the Vatican plans for
daily spiritual and cultural activities for youth who visit
Rome during the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000.